Re: rpm -q <package> shows multiple packages

[Matthew Miller <mattdm mattdm org>]

On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 01:48:49PM -0400, Alex @ Avantel Systems wrote:
> Out of the 1163 rpm packages installed on my FC5 x86_64 system, 310 packages 
> are for i386.  Of all the i386 packages, 249 ALSO have an x86_64 version of 
> the rpm installed.  
> I noticed this during a "yum update" and now I'm curious if this is OK or, if 
> not, what should I do about it (and how?)

Yes, this is "okay", at least in the sense of "expected" and in that RPM can
handle this situation well enough.


PS: please upgrade your Fedora Core 5 system -- security updates are no
longer being produced.

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