Originally posted by: ctremel

there is something fishy with the golang-src-1.12-2 package

Downloading Packages:

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(6/12): golang-src-1.12-2.aix7.2.noarch.rpm        

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Transaction Check Error:
  package golang-src-1.12-2.noarch is intended for a different operating system

root@aixbuildhostng: /root/bin # yum repolist
Loaded plugins: aliases, allowdowngrade, basearchonly, changelog, downloadonly, fastestmirror, filter-data, keys, list-data, local, merge-conf, post-transaction-actions, priorities, protectbase, ps, remove-with-leaves, rpm-warm-
              : cache, show-leaves, tmprepo, tsflags, verify, versionlock
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
0 packages excluded due to repository protections
repo id                                                                                      repo name                                                                                                                         status
AIX_Toolbox                                                                                  AIX generic repository                                                                                                            2036
AIX_Toolbox_71                                                                               AIX 7.1 specific repository                                                                                                         24
AIX_Toolbox_noarch                                                                           AIX noarch repository                                                                                                              138
ITSV_Additions                                                                               ITSV generic repository                                                                                                             13
ITSV_Additions_71                                                                            ITSV AIX 7.1 specific repository                                                                                                     0
ITSV_Additions_noarch                                                                        ITSV noarch repository                                                                                                               1
_local                                                                                       Automatic local repo. (manged by the "local" yum plugin).                                                                           60
repolist: 2272

no clue why yum considers the golang 7.2 branch...

Originally posted by: AyappanP

golang-src is only for AIX 7.2 . But since this a noarch package, and toolbox yum have only one "noarch" repo ( and hence no differentiation), one can see this issue if they try to install all the packages from the noarch repo .

You can use the "--exclude=<package>"  yum option to avoid this issue.