Re: [CentOS] Cons of disabling *.i386 and *.i686 in a 64bit Distribution

2011-09-16 Thread Stephen Cox
On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Michael Simpson wrote: >> There is a 64 bit flashplayer now that seems to work fine on 5.x and >> 6.x.  This is an old link so not sure if it's still good. >> >> http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10_square.html >> > Sorry for continuing the OT but i don't

Re: [CentOS] Cons of disabling *.i386 and *.i686 in a 64bit Distribution

2011-09-16 Thread Michael Simpson
> There is a 64 bit flashplayer now that seems to work fine on 5.x and > 6.x.  This is an old link so not sure if it's still good. > > http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10_square.html > Sorry for continuing the OT but i don't want some poor sod finding the above in google The "10square" pl

Re: [CentOS] Cons of disabling *.i386 and *.i686 in a 64bit Distribution

2011-09-16 Thread Khusro Jaleel
On 15/09/11 10:02, John Doe wrote: > What about using multilib_policy=best instead? > > JD This is what I do as well and it's worked well on many different machines now. i386/i686 packages are not automatically pulled in anymore, it automatically selects the right arch (x86_64).

Re: [CentOS] Cons of disabling *.i386 and *.i686 in a 64bit Distribution

2011-09-16 Thread B.J. McClure
On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 11:01 +0100, Michael Simpson wrote: > On 15 September 2011 19:58, James Nguyen wrote > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 2:02 AM, John Doe wrote: > >> > >> From: James Nguyen > >> > >> > So the premise for this question is that I setup an > >> > exclude=*.i368,*.i686 in my yum.conf

Re: [CentOS] Cons of disabling *.i386 and *.i686 in a 64bit Distribution

2011-09-16 Thread Michael Simpson
On 15 September 2011 19:58, James Nguyen wrote > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 2:02 AM, John Doe wrote: >> >> From: James Nguyen >> >> > So the premise for this question is that I setup an >> > exclude=*.i368,*.i686 in my yum.conf. >> > While doing a yum update I come across missing package dependenci

Re: [CentOS] Cons of disabling *.i386 and *.i686 in a 64bit Distribution

2011-09-15 Thread James Nguyen
I haven't seen this option before. Let me do some googling and see if it fits into the solution I'm looking for. Thanks =) On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 2:02 AM, John Doe wrote: > From: James Nguyen > > > So the premise for this question is that I setup an exclude=*.i368,*.i686 > in my yum.conf. >

Re: [CentOS] Cons of disabling *.i386 and *.i686 in a 64bit Distribution

2011-09-15 Thread John Doe
From: James Nguyen > So the premise for this question is that I setup an exclude=*.i368,*.i686 in > my yum.conf. > While doing a yum update I come across missing package dependencies for > instance mkinitrd for the i386 package. What about using multilib_policy=best instead? JD _

Re: [CentOS] Cons of disabling *.i386 and *.i686 in a 64bit Distribution

2011-09-14 Thread James Nguyen
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Christopher Hawker wrote: > I could not see any issues with it. As you probably know i386 packages will > work on an x86_64 install, and there are some packages written for i386 that > you can't get for x86_64. You could disable it, but my system runs perfect > wit

Re: [CentOS] Cons of disabling *.i386 and *.i686 in a 64bit Distribution

2011-09-14 Thread Christopher Hawker
I could not see any issues with it. As you probably know i386 packages will work on an x86_64 install, and there are some packages written for i386 that you can't get for x86_64. You could disable it, but my system runs perfect with it. -- If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call

[CentOS] Cons of disabling *.i386 and *.i686 in a 64bit Distribution

2011-09-14 Thread James Nguyen
Can anybody give me a reason why this would be a bad idea. So the premise for this question is that I setup an exclude=*.i368,*.i686 in my yum.conf. While doing a yum update I come across missing package dependencies for instance mkinitrd for the i386 package. I noticed there is already one for