http://grokbase.com/t/centos.org/centos/2005/01/centos-change-your-default-rpm-query-format-on-multi-lib-archs-like-x86-64/1277ni5dyifjolxwsmqjhio6j7m4
All,
I am now building rpms on, and using a multi-lib arch (x86_64) for the
first time … when using the standard command:
rpm -qa | grep pkg_name
The results might be pkg_name.i386 or pkg_name.x86_64 … or both. But,
the way it is shown by the default query format, looks the same … like
this:
pkg_name
pkg_name
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example:
[root@x86-64 ~]# rpm -qa | grep popt
popt-1.9.1-21
popt-1.9.1-21
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To fix this problem on multi-lib machines (and change the default query
format), you can change your .rpmmacros (or create a .rpmmacros) in your
user home directory and add this line:
%_query_all_fmt %%{name}-%%{version}-%%{release}.%%{arch}
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Now the result of the above example is:
[root@x86-64 ~]# rpm -qa | grep popt
popt-1.9.1-21.x86_64
popt-1.9.1-21.i386
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So now you can easily tell which arch of a program is installed on
multi-lib machines.
Thanks,
Johnny Hughes