CentOS: safe to yum reinstall after removing 32-bit packages?

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Published on 2012-08-29T04:02:21Z Indexed on 2012/08/29 21:41 UTC
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as per the CentOS FAQ on removing 32-bit packages present in a 64-bit install, is it safe to perform the last step:

You may also want to do this:

yum reinstall \*

The reason is that sometimes the /usr/share/ items (shared between BOTH packages) get removed when removing the 32-bit RPM packages.

on an existing installation? (i.e. where data & settings of possibly affected applications need to be preserved)

rpm -Va

shows a number of entries like:

/sbin/ethtool: at least one of file's dependencies has changed since prelinking
S.?.....    /sbin/ethtool

/usr/libexec/mysqld: at least one of file's dependencies has changed since prelinking
S.?.....    /usr/libexec/mysqld

along with /usr/share entries with T flag (apparently filetime diff, seems safe)

The machine is up & running fine, but may not be whenever a reboot occurs.

Clue-in as to the real state of the machine (hosed or OK) appreciated

Thanks

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