Re: Upgrading i686 vs. x86_64. Just checking !

2010-02-28 Thread Kevin Kofler
Steve Underwood wrote: > The standard install on x86_64 puts both the x86_64 and i386/i686 versions > of most libraries on the machine, to maximise compatibility with any 32 > bit executables you may install for yourself. Actually no, it doesn't, it stopped doing that long ago. You get 32-bit stu

Re: Upgrading i686 vs. x86_64. Just checking !

2010-02-28 Thread Kevin Kofler
Bruno Wolff III wrote: > Currently wine is i686 only, so having that installed would be one way > you could have ended up with some i686 packages installed. It's actually both these days, but 64-bit WINE can only run 64-bit executables, so the default wine metapackage will drag in both the 32-bit

Re: Upgrading i686 vs. x86_64. Just checking !

2010-02-28 Thread Matthew Saltzman
On Sat, 2010-02-27 at 18:05 +, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > On Saturday 27 February 2010 05:24:32 pm bruce wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 8:31 AM, William Case wrote: > > > I am using a *fc12.x86_64 machine. I just now upgraded several packages > > > with yum (yumex) and noticed several i686

Re: Upgrading i686 vs. x86_64. Just checking !

2010-02-28 Thread Mail Lists
On 02/28/2010 07:15 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > Apparently > version 7 doesn't have this problem anymore (but I didn't check this yet). > Ah could be .. I'm running 7 too. g -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.

Re: Upgrading i686 vs. x86_64. Just checking !

2010-02-28 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Sunday 28 February 2010 04:31:55 am Mail Lists wrote: > On 02/27/2010 10:59 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > >> I run F11 x86_64 and there are *zero* 32 bit libraries on my machine. I > >> recently installed Mathematica from the Wolfram supplied binary for a > >> friend. I however did not need to in

Re: Upgrading i686 vs. x86_64. Just checking !

2010-02-28 Thread Suvayu Ali
On 28/02/10 04:59 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > On Saturday 27 February 2010 09:21:35 pm Suvayu Ali wrote: >> On 27/02/10 07:05 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: >>> ... >>> version of it (yet). Later on I tainted it again when installing >>> dependencies for Wolfram Mathematica package I use. >>> >>> If t

Re: Upgrading i686 vs. x86_64. Just checking !

2010-02-27 Thread Mail Lists
On 02/27/2010 10:59 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: >> I run F11 x86_64 and there are *zero* 32 bit libraries on my machine. I >> recently installed Mathematica from the Wolfram supplied binary for a >> friend. I however did not need to install any 32 bit dependencies. Are >> you sure about their depen

Re: Upgrading i686 vs. x86_64. Just checking !

2010-02-27 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Saturday 27 February 2010 09:21:35 pm Suvayu Ali wrote: > On 27/02/10 07:05 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > > ... > > version of it (yet). Later on I tainted it again when installing > > dependencies for Wolfram Mathematica package I use. > > > > If there weren't for closed source software which d

Re: Upgrading i686 vs. x86_64. Just checking !

2010-02-27 Thread Suvayu Ali
On 27/02/10 07:05 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > ... > version of it (yet). Later on I tainted it again when installing dependencies > for Wolfram Mathematica package I use. > > If there weren't for closed source software which depends on 32bit libraries, > I'd be having a clean 64bit-only system. I

Re: Upgrading i686 vs. x86_64. Just checking ! -- [THANKS]

2010-02-27 Thread William Case
Hi; On Sat, 2010-02-27 at 18:05 +, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > On Saturday 27 February 2010 05:24:32 pm bruce wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 8:31 AM, William Case wrote: > > > I am using a *fc12.x86_64 machine. I just now upgraded several packages > > > with yum (yumex) and noticed several

Re: Upgrading i686 vs. x86_64. Just checking !

2010-02-27 Thread Steve Underwood
On 02/28/2010 12:31 AM, William Case wrote: > Hi; > > I am using a *fc12.x86_64 machine. I just now upgraded several packages > with yum (yumex) and noticed several i686 packages being upgraded as > well. Is this normal? Are some packages I have using i686 when I > should have only *.86_64 on my

Re: Upgrading i686 vs. x86_64. Just checking !

2010-02-27 Thread Frank Cox
On Sat, 2010-02-27 at 09:24 -0800, bruce wrote: > leave them alone!!! If everything you need/use is 64-bit, you can safely remove the i386 (i686) stuff from your system. > as far as i know.. there is no true, only x64 OS from the redhat > tree... The default installation includes support for i3

Re: Upgrading i686 vs. x86_64. Just checking !

2010-02-27 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Saturday 27 February 2010 05:24:32 pm bruce wrote: > On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 8:31 AM, William Case wrote: > > I am using a *fc12.x86_64 machine. I just now upgraded several packages > > with yum (yumex) and noticed several i686 packages being upgraded as > > well. Is this normal? Are some pa

Re: Upgrading i686 vs. x86_64. Just checking !

2010-02-27 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 11:31:26 -0500, William Case wrote: > Hi; > > I am using a *fc12.x86_64 machine. I just now upgraded several packages > with yum (yumex) and noticed several i686 packages being upgraded as > well. Is this normal? Are some packages I have using i686 when I > should hav

Re: Upgrading i686 vs. x86_64. Just checking !

2010-02-27 Thread bruce
leave them alone!!! as far as i know.. there is no true, only x64 OS from the redhat tree... although i think solaris has an actual tryu 64 bit OS... the 64 bit OS linux from redhat (fedora/centos/rhel/etc.. ) comes with a combination if i recall... enjoy!! On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Wil

Upgrading i686 vs. x86_64. Just checking !

2010-02-27 Thread William Case
Hi; I am using a *fc12.x86_64 machine. I just now upgraded several packages with yum (yumex) and noticed several i686 packages being upgraded as well. Is this normal? Are some packages I have using i686 when I should have only *.86_64 on my machine? Should I remove ALL i686 packages or just le