Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 169444
yum updates i386 packages with x86_64 versions
Last modified: 2014-01-21 17:52:32 EST
Description of problem: I have installed i386 version of mplayer-1.0-0.16.pre7.2.fc4 package because I need support for 32bit plugins. The pakage comes from i386 version of freshrpms repo. When I do yum update, it shows mplayer-1.0-0.17.pre7.2.fc4 as an updatate, however this new version is only avaialbe for x86_64 arch. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): All How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install i386 version of any package 2. Do yum update 3. If x86_64 version is newer that i386 one it will mark it as update Actual results: yum updates 32bit package with 64bit version. Expected results: Yum should update 32bit packages with 32bit updates only, and 64bit packges with 64bit updates. Additional info:
run this command for me: yum list installed mplayer
[root@athlon64 maners]# yum list installed mplayer Installed Packages mplayer.i386 1.0-0.16.pre7.2.fc4 installed [root@athlon64 maners]#
x86_64 is considered an 'upgrade' to the i386 package b/c mplayer is not a part of the exactarchlist option in the config. You can either: 1. add it to the exactarchlist in the config file 2. add mplayer.x86_64 to your exclude list this is accepted behavior, though.
I just went through man yum.conf and the only information I found on exactarch is that it can be set either to 1 or 0. My yum.conf has this option enabled by default: [root@athlon64 etc]# cat yum.conf [main] cachedir=/var/cache/yum debuglevel=2 logfile=/var/log/yum.log pkgpolicy=newest distroverpkg=redhat-release tolerant=1 exactarch=1 retries=20 obsoletes=1 gpgcheck=1 # PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo # in /etc/yum.repos.d [root@athlon64 etc]# I googled for "yum exactarch list" but I didn't find any useful information on how to add a package to exactarch list. Please let me know how to add packages to exactarch list. Thank You
Ok, I solved the problem. I red carefully your comment and set exactarchlist=mplayer,mplayerplug-in,firefox and it works good now :-) BTW this option should be mentioned in man page.
you really really want your exactarchlist config option to read: exactarchlist= kernel kernel-smp glibc firefox mplayer* and yes - it should be in the man page. Thanks. closing this bug though.