Until recently I used exclusively smart for package management. With the current factory versions (libzypp-2.3.0-2, rug-7.1.1.0-36, zmd-7.1.100.0-9)
I decided to give the native package management one more chance.

But once again the new Novell package management and myself don't get along - my AMD64 system is boldly reported as "noarch".

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linux:~ # rug ping
ZMD 7.1.100, Copyright (C) 2006 Novell, Inc.
Started at 10/18/2006 17:18:48 (uptime: 0 days, 0 hours, 22 minutes)
RSS size: 19684
Network Connected: Yes
Running on Mono 1.1.17.1
OS Target:   (noarch)
Module Name        | Description
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NetworkManager     | NetworkManager support
Package Management | Package Management module for Linux
ZENworks Server    | SOAP methods used by a ZENworks server
XML-RPC interface  | Export ZMD public interfaces over XML-RPC