Description of problem: If both foo.i386 and foo.x86_64 is available from repositories, yum --exclude=\*386 install foo results in yum trying to install both architecture variants Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): yum-3.1.1-1.fc7 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. yum --exclude=\*386 install inotify-tools 2. yum --exclude=\*386 install js-devel Actual results: yum tries to install both .i386 and .x86_64 packages Expected results: .i386 packages properly excluded Additional info:
This should be fixed up in current yum