Reindl, you might want to rethink that wrong answer, seeing as you don't know what he does with the system.
Tim, if you run 32-bit dynamically linked applications, you're going to need the 32-bit libraries, configs, etc. That 32-bit application list includes some games, some browser plugins, a great many third-party business applications, old apps that cannot be redesigned or recompiled for 32-bit pointers, etc. In a few cases, the application has been compiled 32 and 64-bit, and you will need to thread your way through the linkage requirements of each before safely deleting the 32-bit libraries. So, it all depends upon what you're doing with it. Otherwise, yes, you can remove the 32-bit stuff. On Sun, 2012-06-03 at 14:00 +0200, Reindl Harald wrote: > > Am 03.06.2012 13:57, schrieb Timothy Murphy: > > A very elementary question, I assume: > > Why are 32-bit applications (as well as 64-bit) > > downloaded on a 64-bit system? > > Are they essential, ie would the system run without them? > > you do not need any i686 crap on your system > > yun can even specify "exclude=*.i686" in yum.conf > or repos to prevent yum following broken update paths > by pulling i686 packages in stupidity > > rpm -qa | grep x86_64 | wc -l > 1127 > > rpm -qa | grep i686 | wc -l > 0 > > -- users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
