how do I get yum to update x86_64?

seth vidal skvidal at phy.duke.edu
Sun Dec 5 04:04:18 UTC 2004


On Sat, 2004-12-04 at 22:23 -0500, sean darcy wrote:
> Seth Vidal wrote:
> 
> >umm, the i386 ones that are available should be listed.
> >
> >it's not an either-or sort of thing.
> >
> What should exactarch be set to?
> 
> >the question you should ask is why didn't you get an /etc/rpm/platform
> >file?
> 
> Dunno. Installed Friday. Except that i couldn't install gnome - bad rpm for 
> gnome-volume-manager - all seemed to go correctly.
> 

In general exactarch should be set to 1. It keeps potentially dangerous
things from happening.

-sv





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