Why does updating software packages include both 32 bit and 64 bit packages?

Virtualmin
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I’m running on a Centos 5.7 system. I noticed this:

—> Package GeoIP.i386 0:1.4.8-1.el5 set to be updated
—> Package GeoIP.x86_64 0:1.4.8-1.el5 set to be updated

It probably won’t hurt anything, but it’s a waste of time and space.

Can this be corrected? I did this from the webmin Software Packages Update menu by selecting only one package to update.

Thanks,
Jim.

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For some reason both packages were installed initially. All the update did was update both packages. Others seem to be OK

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Yeah, the screen you saw was just prompting you to update a package that was already installed.

If I remember correctly, that package is used by awstats and possibly webalizer while building the website stats.

-Eric