fedora 23
Paul Cartwright
pbcartwright at gmail.com
Wed Sep 30 12:13:56 UTC 2015
On 09/30/2015 07:22 AM, Suvayu Ali wrote:
> That's kinda the point. On a multilib system, you will have packages
> for multiple architectures. Without the trailing .arch, when you
> reinstall, only the default architecture will be installed.
>
> Here is an example. I have both 64 bit and 32 bit pulseaudio-libs
> because of Skype.
>
> $ rpm -q --queryformat="%{name}.%{arch}\n" pulseaudio-libs
> pulseaudio-libs.x86_64
> pulseaudio-libs.i686
>
> Without the trailing .arch, I will only get the x86_64 package when
> reinstalling from the list.
after I replied, I figured out what you meant, and yes, you are right, I
didn't think of that. and YES, Skype is a very good example, as is Steam...
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Paul Cartwright
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