installing x86_64 first, then i386
Hi all, I've added a i386 repo to my x86_64 nodes and I'm seeing that, when installing the node, yum sometimes installs many i386 packages and sometimes not. So, I'd like to set yum to install always x86_64 and then i386 (if needed or specified). Reading yum.conf man I saw : multilib_policy Can be set to ’all’ or ’best’. All means install all possible arches for any package you want to install. Therefore yum install foo will install foo.i386 and foo.x86_64 on x86_64, if it is available. Best means install the best arch for this platform, only. so seems that is the param I want. Yum tries to install x86_64 but if I specify foo.i386 it will install foo.i386 too. But then I noticed a strange behaviour (bug? feature?) when installing groups of packages. If multilib_policy is set to best, i386 packages from the group are not installed: # grep multilib_policy /etc/yum.conf multilib_policy=best # yum groupinstall glite-WN [] No packages in any requested group available to install or update # grep multilib_policy /etc/yum.conf #multilib_policy=best # yum groupinstall glite-WN [...] Dependencies Resolved Package Arch Version Repository Size Installing: dpm i386 1.7.4-7sec.sl5 gLite-WN-3.2-updates 3.9 M dpm-develi386 1.7.4-7sec.sl5 gLite-WN-3.2-updates 609 k dpm-libs i386 [...] so here comes some questions: 1.-) I'm not a yum group expert, but a group is a list of packages to be installed, so, why is yum bypassing i386 packages? Cause I can install all missing packages by hand. is it a problem in group's creation? 2.-) Who may I configure yum so it install x86_64 packages always, and only i386 if needed or specified? Many thanks in advance, Arnau
source code for 3w-9xxx.ko on SL5.5
Hi, This might seem like a silly question but which RPM has the source code for the 3w-9xxx kernel module? kernel-devel didn't have it and we don't use yum so I can't search it for 9xxx.c. Yours Faye -- - Faye Gibbins, Sys Admin. GeoS KB. Linux, Unix, Security Beekeeper - The Apiary Project, KB - www.bees.ed.ac.uk - (x(x_(X_x(O_o)x_x)_X)x) I grabbed at spannungsbogen before I knew I wanted it. Socrates: Question authority, question everything. Mermin: If the maths works Shut up and calculate! The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
Re: source code for 3w-9xxx.ko on SL5.5
On 17 September 2010 12:03, Faye Gibbins fgibb...@staffmail.ed.ac.uk wrote: This might seem like a silly question but which RPM has the source code for the 3w-9xxx kernel module? The corresponding kernel-2.6.18-whatever.src.rpm package, for SL 5. Alan.
Re: installing x86_64 first, then i386
On 09/17/2010 09:24 AM, Arnau Bria wrote: Hi all, I've added a i386 repo to my x86_64 nodes and I'm seeing that, when installing the node, yum sometimes installs many i386 packages and sometimes not. So, I'd like to set yum to install always x86_64 and then i386 (if needed or specified). i am not totally sure about this, but after going thru a lot of problems with fedora 12 and 'repos', this may be reasonable answer. you need to structure your 'sl.repo.local' or what ever you call it to have structure similar to what standard 'sl.repo' has. baseurl=http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/54/$basearch/SL for your local repos; baseurl=http://path.to.local/linux/scientific/54/$basearch/SL which may/can be shortened to; baseurl=http://path.to.local/54/$basearch/SL note use of 54, $basearch, SL. you will/may need to have i386 and x86_64 rpms in their respective directories if i386 you need is not in x86_64. open this link in you browser and follow thru relative directories to see how they follow, especially when you get to $basearch http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/ if i am in error, i am sure troy dawson or one of other maintainers will correct. -- peace out. tc,hago. g . in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** help microsoft stamp out piracy - give linux to a friend today. ** to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it. to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look* at it. ** learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: installing x86_64 first, then i386
On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:55:09 + g g wrote: On 09/17/2010 09:24 AM, Arnau Bria wrote: Hi g, i am not totally sure about this, but after going thru a lot of problems with fedora 12 and 'repos', this may be reasonable answer. you need to structure your 'sl.repo.local' or what ever you call it to have structure similar to what standard 'sl.repo' has. our local repos are SL/SLC replicas. SO they have same structure. baseurl=http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/54/$basearch/SL notice that there are some i386/noarch packages under that repo. Thanks for your reply, Arnau
Re: installing x86_64 first, then i386
On 09/17/2010 01:11 PM, Arnau Bria wrote: snip our local repos are SL/SLC replicas. SO they have same structure. ok. baseurl=http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/54/$basearch/SL notice that there are some i386/noarch packages under that repo. yes. i did look before replying and it appeared that there were a lot more 'noarch' than 'i386'. problems i ran into were mostly with 'noarch'. i presume that you did insure that what you are having problems with you do have in your local repo. Thanks for your reply, i wish i could be of more help. hopefully, troy dawson will finish his coffee and be able to help you. ;) -- peace out. tc,hago. g . in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** help microsoft stamp out piracy - give linux to a friend today. ** to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it. to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look* at it. ** learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: installing x86_64 first, then i386
Arnau Bria wrote: Hi all, I've added a i386 repo to my x86_64 nodes and I'm seeing that, when installing the node, yum sometimes installs many i386 packages and sometimes not. So, I'd like to set yum to install always x86_64 and then i386 (if needed or specified). Reading yum.conf man I saw : multilib_policy Can be set to ’all’ or ’best’. All means install all possible arches for any package you want to install. Therefore yum install foo will install foo.i386 and foo.x86_64 on x86_64, if it is available. Best means install the best arch for this platform, only. so seems that is the param I want. Yum tries to install x86_64 but if I specify foo.i386 it will install foo.i386 too. But then I noticed a strange behaviour (bug? feature?) when installing groups of packages. If multilib_policy is set to best, i386 packages from the group are not installed: # grep multilib_policy /etc/yum.conf multilib_policy=best # yum groupinstall glite-WN [] No packages in any requested group available to install or update # grep multilib_policy /etc/yum.conf #multilib_policy=best # yum groupinstall glite-WN [...] Dependencies Resolved Package Arch Version Repository Size Installing: dpm i386 1.7.4-7sec.sl5 gLite-WN-3.2-updates 3.9 M dpm-develi386 1.7.4-7sec.sl5 gLite-WN-3.2-updates 609 k dpm-libs i386 [...] so here comes some questions: 1.-) I'm not a yum group expert, but a group is a list of packages to be installed, so, why is yum bypassing i386 packages? Cause I can install all missing packages by hand. Like the man page says, when multilib_policy is set to best it will only install x86_64 when both versions are available but neither is installed. Since you already seem to have dpm.x86_64 installed, yum has nothing to do in your first test since you told it to only install the best arch available. When you made multilib_policy default back to all it noticed that the i386 version was not installed and offered to install it for you. is it a problem in group's creation? No. 2.-) Who may I configure yum so it install x86_64 packages always, and only i386 if needed or specified? Set multilib_policy to best and yum will install ix86 packages only when x86_64 versions are unavailable. You cannot specify which package architecture to install in a yum group, so you must instead install the ix86 versions yourself when both are available to yum while multilib_policy is set that way. -- Garrett Holmstrom University of Minnesota School of Physics and Astronomy Systems Staff
Re: installing x86_64 first, then i386
On 09/17/2010 02:17 PM, Arnau Bria wrote: snip I think he will be busy patching last kernel bug :-) looks like troy was not that busy. :) i just wish his reply applied to my problems. but i will try to apply it to see what results i get. -- peace out. tc,hago. g . in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** help microsoft stamp out piracy - give linux to a friend today. ** to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it. to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look* at it. ** learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
