We have several Red Hat servers that were set up by our Unix group when
we started into the zLinux world. All these servers are running in 64
bit architecture. As I am getting to know they systems better, I did a
search on the packages we have installed and found about 71 packages
that have both a
Check the contents of each package.
If the package supplies libraries, then DO NOT remove them because
other things may depend on them.
If the package supplies commands, you may have difficulty removing.
(But re-install of preferred arch may suffice.)
In the case of libraries, it is normal to have
On Tue, 20 Sep 2011, Richard Troth wrote:
In the case of libraries, it is normal to have both architectures
installed. Desirable even. So ... again ... check what is supplied,
and if they are libs, don't sweat it.
Not sure about 'Desirable' actually. If a file is not needed,
or useful, it h
Good point, Russ, but presumes that legitimate executables will only
be under the purview of RPM. That may be the preferred policy, but is
not universal. (And questionable if it really agrees with Unix
philosophy, but we're drifting into theory ... history ... opinion.)
So if a (legitimate) progr
