On 04/02/2011 06:34 PM, Kay Diederichs wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> to be able to do 32bit-compilation/linking (e.g. using gfortran -m32) on
> a 64bit machine I need /usr/lib/crt1.o .
>
> I know this file is in glibc-devel.i686 so I try
>
> % yum install glibc-devel.i686
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> * sl: scientificlinux.physik.uni-muenchen.de
> * sl-security: scientificlinux.physik.uni-muenchen.de
> Setting up Install Process
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package glibc-devel.i686 0:2.12-1.7.el6 set to be updated
> --> Processing Dependency: glibc = 2.12-1.7.el6 for package:
> glibc-devel-2.12-1.7.el6.i686
> --> Processing Dependency: glibc-headers = 2.12-1.7.el6 for package:
> glibc-devel-2.12-1.7.el6.i686
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> Error: Package: glibc-devel-2.12-1.7.el6.i686 (sl)
> Requires: glibc = 2.12-1.7.el6
> Installed: glibc-2.12-1.7.el6_0.3.i686 (@sl-updates/6)
> glibc = 2.12-1.7.el6_0.3
> Installed: glibc-2.12-1.7.el6_0.3.x86_64 (@sl-updates/6)
> glibc = 2.12-1.7.el6_0.3
> Available: glibc-2.12-1.7.el6.i686 (sl)
> glibc = 2.12-1.7.el6
> Available: glibc-2.12-1.7.el6.x86_64 (sl)
> glibc = 2.12-1.7.el6
> Error: Package: glibc-devel-2.12-1.7.el6.i686 (sl)
> Requires: glibc-headers = 2.12-1.7.el6
> Installed: glibc-headers-2.12-1.7.el6_0.3.x86_64 (@sl-updates/6)
> glibc-headers = 2.12-1.7.el6_0.3
> Available: glibc-headers-2.12-1.7.el6.x86_64 (sl)
> glibc-headers = 2.12-1.7.el6
> You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
> You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
>
> What is the underlying problem?

Looks as if the repos/mirrors you use do not have glibc-devel 
2.12-1.7.el6_0.3 for i686. So they offer you 
glibc-devel-2.12-1.7.el6.i686. But that one is not compatible with the 
glibc package versions you already have installed.

Hope this helps,

Matthias