Using yum and 386 RPMs on an x86_64 system

From: "David W. Legg" <dwlegg@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:56:29 +0100

Anybody know how to get yum to update the following packages automatically, without accidentally picking up the 64 bit
versions?

firefox
libgnome
libgnomeui

I know how to exclude them in yum.conf, but
not how to do the converse.
.

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Re: Using yum and 386 RPMs on an x86_64 system
... Just using rpm and wget doesn't really help much. ... In order for the realplayer and flash plugin in firefox ... Yum, of course, tries to update my system with the x86_64 RPMs. ... of firefox, libgnome etc? ...
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Re: Using yum and 386 RPMs on an x86_64 system
... In order for the realplayer and flash plugin in firefox ... Yum, of course, tries to update my system with the x86_64 RPMs. ... I can stop it doing this by putting an 'exclude' line in ... of firefox, libgnome etc? ...
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Re: Using yum and 386 RPMs on an x86_64 system
... Just using rpm and wget doesn't really help much. ... If you're using yum update I think it will just update installed packages. ... firefox, libgnome etc? ...
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