x86_64 with duplicate packages

[Sam Varshavchik]

Martin Marques writes:

> Hi, I have a Compaq Presario with a AMD Trion64 and I noticed that lots
> of packages get installed in two distinct versions: one for 64bit and
> another for 32bit system.
> 
> So I have things like this:
> 
> # rpm -qa kdeutils
> kdeutils-3.5.6-3.fc7.x86_64
> kdeutils-3.5.6-3.fc7.i386
> 
> Is it a bad idea to remove the 32bit package?

No, but due to a bug in rpm, removing the 32bit package will also nuke the 
man pages and the locale files that are installed by the x86_64 package.

This is not the end of the world, and is easily fixable. After removing each 
.i386 rpm, you'll need to run rpm -U --replacepkgs on the x86_64 rpm. 
Lather, rinse, repeat, for each .i386 interloper. Pain in the neck.


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