Reindl Harald wrote:
> 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
Thanks very much.
I found a few i686 rpms have been downloaded on my 64-bit systems,
I'm not sure how or why.
I've yum-removed them, and the machines do not seem to be affected ...
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