alternative arch selection?

[Gustavo Niemeyer]

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> Using yum, I could install package.i386 to select a i386 package
> from the command line.
> 
> Does smart have a similar capability?

Yes, you can use "smart install package at i386". Originally it was a dot
as well, but, as informed in the README file of the rpm backend, we got
some real world problems using it:

- Package versions must have the architecture appended as
  @arch. We can't use '.' as the separator because this is
  a character present in many package releases, thus we
  wouldn't be able to tell if we're looking at an
  archiutecture or a part of a release, when dealing with
  provides.

> Also, does it know to prefer x86_64 > packages?

Yes, it does.

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