Discerning x86_64 and i386 packages

[Hearn, Stan J.]

I've answered my own question.  Use the --arch=[i386|x86_64] option of
up2date and drop the version number.

[root at viola ~]# up2date --arch=i386 --install openmotif

Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: rhel-x86_64-as-4...

Fetching rpm headers...
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Name                                    Version        Rel
----------------------------------------------------------
openmotif                               2.2.3          10.2.el4
i386


Thanks,
Stan
 

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[mailto:redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Hearn,
Stan J.
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 12:39 PM
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Subject: RE: Discerning x86_64 and i386 packages

Why does this install fail?

[root at viola ~]# up2date --show-available | grep openmo
openmotif-2.2.3-10.2.el4.i386
openmotif-2.2.3-10.2.el4.x86_64
openmotif-devel-2.2.3-10.2.el4.i386
openmotif-devel-2.2.3-10.2.el4.x86_64
openmotif21-2.1.30-11.RHEL4.6.i386
[root at viola ~]# up2date --install openmotif-2.2.3-10.2.el4.i386

Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: rhel-x86_64-as-4...

Fetching rpm headers...
########################################

Name                                    Version        Rel
----------------------------------------------------------


The following packages you requested were not found:
openmotif-2.2.3-10.2.el4.i386

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