[opensuse-factory] inexplicable 32bit vs. 64bit zypper difference
Running 32 bit, only 32 bit and noarch packages are returned by zypper se -s output. Running 64 bit, both arches and noarch are returned, making output typically little short of double in size, conflated by normally irrelevant packages. Is there good reason why this is so? -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
Op maandag 2 december 2013 15:27:08 schreef Felix Miata:
Running 32 bit, only 32 bit and noarch packages are returned by zypper se -s output. Running 64 bit, both arches and noarch are returned, making output typically little short of double in size, conflated by normally irrelevant packages. Is there good reason why this is so?
Probably because 32bit packages can run on 64bit machines, but 64bit packages can not run on 32bit machines. -- fr.gr. Freek de Kruijf -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
On Mon, 2 Dec 2013 21:31, Freek de Kruijf
Op maandag 2 december 2013 15:27:08 schreef Felix Miata:
Running 32 bit, only 32 bit and noarch packages are returned by zypper se -s output. Running 64 bit, both arches and noarch are returned, making output typically little short of double in size, conflated by normally irrelevant packages. Is there good reason why this is so?
Probably because 32bit packages can run on 64bit machines, but 64bit packages can not run on 32bit machines.
That would explain the listing of the 32bit packages on the 64bit machine, but NOT the missing noarch packages on the 32bit machines. IMHO it would be nice to be able to supress the 32bit packages on the 64bit machines, but that is a feature request for the zypp devs. (cmd option and/or config-file option, e.g. host-arch-only, which still has to show noarch all the time and the *-32 packages for 64bit host) - Yamaban. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
On 2013-12-02 21:55 (GMT+0100) Yamaban composed:
IMHO it would be nice to be able to supress the 32bit packages on the 64bit machines, but that is a feature request for the zypp devs. (cmd option and/or config-file option, e.g. host-arch-only, which still has to show noarch all the time and the *-32 packages for 64bit host)
https://features.opensuse.org/316759 just filed. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
On 12/2/2013 12:31 PM, Freek de Kruijf wrote:
Op maandag 2 december 2013 15:27:08 schreef Felix Miata:
Running 32 bit, only 32 bit and noarch packages are returned by zypper se -s output. Running 64 bit, both arches and noarch are returned, making output typically little short of double in size, conflated by normally irrelevant packages. Is there good reason why this is so?
Probably because 32bit packages can run on 64bit machines, but 64bit packages can not run on 32bit machines.
---- Maybe you could explain why a 64-bit machine needs to run fc-cache32 on a **noarch** font in addition to the 64-bit's "fc-cache". Seems to me that a caching operation on "no-arch" content would be word size agnostic. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
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