[Mageia-dev] Removing Core 32bit from x86_64

Colin Guthrie mageia at colin.guthr.ie
Fri Feb 24 13:13:44 CET 2012


'Twas brillig, and Claire Robinson at 24/02/12 12:00 did gyre and gimble:
> On 24/02/12 11:39, Thomas Backlund wrote:
>> nicolas vigier skrev 24.2.2012 13:14:
>>> On Fri, 24 Feb 2012, Pierre Jarillon wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have just installed Mga2b1 x86_64 and it is already a great distro.
>>>> But once
>>>> more, I was annoyed with an unuseful bunch of rpm in rpmdrake which
>>>> make the
>>>> list less readable. For a beginner, this is more annoying.
>>>
>>> I have also noticed that some people are confused by x86_64 and i586
>>> packages in rpmdrake. I think rpmdrake should only show x86_64 packages
>>> on x86_64 by default.
>>>
>>
>> Afaik tv has "fixed" it now so it lists x86_64 before i586
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Thomas
> 
> Alot of noarch packages end up in Core 32 bit I think too. I totally
> agree with Nicolas about showing only 64 bit packages.

noarch packages should be available in both, but as a quirk urpmi and
friends sometimes prefer downloading them via the 32 bit repo. If the
repo was removed it should find them via the 64 bit repo happily.

Col


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