[packagekit] How to install a i386 rpm in a RHEL6 x86_64 using gpk-install-package-name ?

[rotru at br.ibm.com]

Hi all,

I have a RHEL6-64 running:

gnome-packagekit-2.28.3-3.el6.x86_64
PackageKit-0.5.8-13.el6.x86_64
yum-3.2.27-14.el6.noarch

I trying to use gpk-install-package-name in a script to install some 
package dynamically from my repos which have 32 and 64 rpms.
Problem is that when I try to install a RPM that is only 32 bits the tool 
does not find the package.

Digging in the internet I found there was a requirement to install only 
newest native-arch packages:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=509569


Looking at the processes triggered when running the 
gpk-install-package-name I see "someone" runs:
     - /usr/bin/python /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py 
resolve newest;arch MYPACKAGE
that does not find MYPACKAGE.i386.
But, it finds if I run like:
     - /usr/bin/python /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py 
resolve newest;i386 MYPACKAGE


So, I wonder if there is a way that allows me to install the 32 bits 
packages using the gpk-install-package-name on a 64 machine.
Maybe I have missed something, but I searched in the sources and did not 
find any parameter to pass or option to set somewhere.

Thanks in advance. 

Regards

Rodrigo Trujillo
Software Engineer
Linux Technology Center - Brasil
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