On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 11:58:51AM -0400, no-re...@cfengine.com wrote: >Forum: CFEngine Help >Subject: Re: Install "ntp" == "Try to install ntp.*!" >Author: neilhwatson >Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,23598,23604#msg-23604 > >Red Hat can have both 32 and 64 bit architecture packages installed. Cfengine >cannot know which one to install without being explicitly told to do so. >Because package managers are so different and often behave very badly, >Cfengine forces you to be explicit.
It gets even more interesting when you consider that there are packages that are architecture agnostic. Or rather, packages that have the "noarch" architecture. I have many bundles that make two calls to to yum: one for 'x86_64', and one to 'noarch'. > >_______________________________________________ >Help-cfengine mailing list >Help-cfengine@cfengine.org >https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine -- Jesse Becker NHGRI Linux support (Digicon Contractor) _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@cfengine.org https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
