Bug 185964 - yum use of /etc/rpm/platform not mentioned in yum.conf man page
Summary: yum use of /etc/rpm/platform not mentioned in yum.conf man page
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: yum
Version: 4
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Jeremy Katz
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Reported: 2006-03-20 15:43 UTC by Jón Fairbairn
Modified: 2014-01-21 22:53 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2006-04-19 20:40:52 UTC
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Description Jón Fairbairn 2006-03-20 15:43:05 UTC 
Description of problem:
man yum.conf claims that $arch is filled in from python's os.uname
when in fact it uses /etc/rpm/platform if it exists

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
yum-2.4.1-1.fc4

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. read the man page from man yum.conf
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Actual results:
       $arch  This will be replaced with your architecture as listed by
os.uname()[4] in Python.



Expected results:

       $arch  This will be replaced with your architecture as listed 
in /etc/rpm/platform if it exists, or otherwise by os.uname()[4] in Python.


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