Re: Which processor mode?

[Bill Nottingham <notting@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Rick Johnson (rjohnson@xxxxxxxxxx) said: 
> > Basically, for any 64-bit library package 'libfoo-1.2.3-1.x86_64.rpm',
> > you can just install the 'libfoo-1.2.3-1.i386.rpm', and the Right Thing
> > will happen.
> > 
> > So, you'd need the exact same name-version-release version of the x86
> > glibc, XFree86-libs, etc.
> 
> Grabs Red Hat 9 release (plus errata) - rpm -ivh *lib*.i[3|6]86.rpm  -
> would that work (in a nutshell)?

Assuming they're the exact same name-version-release (note, some of
the packages are slightly different on AMD64 due to AMD64-specific
fixes), that should work. I don't know that we've tested quite that
scale, though. :)

Bill