DNF 0.5 Yum Replacement Now Supports Groups

[phoronix]

Phoronix: DNF 0.5 Yum Replacement Now Supports Groups

DNF, the next-generation replacement to Yum on Red Hat systems, now has support for groups and environments...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTY3MTA

[entropy]

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Any yum-pros here?

I'm searching for a way to setup 32-bit diskless installations on a 64-bit RHEL6 (clone).
Those will be transferred to a remote server.

So far I have not been able to find a way to override the $basearch (etc.) variables.
They seem to be always expanded from the system architecture of the workstation.
However, I don't want to setup a 32-bit system solely for 32-bit diskless configurations.

Manually replacing the variables in a separate yum config file and .repo files is, well, hackish.
It seems to work, but I'm not sure if it has side effects that I have not yet stumbled across.

I'd be grateful for your input!

[RahulSundaram]

Any yum-pros here?

I'm searching for a way to setup 32-bit diskless installations on a 64-bit RHEL6 (clone).
Those will be transferred to a remote server.

So far I have not been able to find a way to override the $basearch (etc.) variables.
They seem to be always expanded from the system architecture of the workstation.
However, I don't want to setup a 32-bit system solely for 32-bit diskless configurations.

Manually replacing the variables in a separate yum config file and .repo files is, well, hackish.
It seems to work, but I'm not sure if it has side effects that I have not yet stumbled across.

I'd be grateful for your input!

You could try using setarch or install the multi-lib libraries but ideally the apps should match the base platform.

[entropy]

You could try using setarch or install the multi-lib libraries but ideally the apps should match the base platform.

Thank you very much, Rahul!

setarch sounds like it provides exactly what I'm looking for.
Shame on me, I didn't know about that command.
I'll try it tomorrow.

Thanks again!

P.S. Wouldn't it make sense to have a parameter to yum/dnf which allows overriding the architecture directly?

[RahulSundaram]

Thank you very much, Rahul!

setarch sounds like it provides exactly what I'm looking for.
Shame on me, I didn't know about that command.
I'll try it tomorrow.

Thanks again!

P.S. Wouldn't it make sense to have a parameter to yum/dnf which allows overriding the architecture directly?

don't know if that is a common enough use case that calls for integration but if you feel so, you can request it