[Mageia-dev] Removing Core 32bit from x86_64

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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