Cannot install gdb-headless.i686 package or use inst.multilib on the kernel cmdline at boot during a RHEL 8 installation

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

Showing a mesage similar to the below when attempting to install the gdb-headless.i686 package. If attempting to install a new RHEL 8.2 system with inst.multilib on the kernel cmdline at boot, this message will show up in the /tmp/anaconda.log. You can review this during a new installation by pressing Ctrl-Alt-F2 to switch to tty2:

Transaction test error:\n  file /usr/share/gdb/guile/gdb.go conflicts between attempted installs of gdb-headless-8.2-11.el8.i686 and gdb-headless-8.2-11.el8.x86_64\n  file /usr/share/gdb/guile/gdb/experimental.go conflicts between attempted installs of gdb-headless-8.2-11.el8.i686 and gdb-headless-8.2-11.el8.x86_64\n  file /usr/share/gdb/guile/gdb/iterator.go conflicts between attempted installs of gdb-headless-8.2-11.el8.i686 and gdb-headless-8.2-11.el8.x86_64\n  file /usr/share/gdb/guile/gdb/printing.go conflicts between attempted installs of gdb-headless-8.2-11.el8.i686 and gdb-headless-8.2-11.el8.x86_64\n  file /usr/share/gdb/guile/gdb/support.go conflicts between attempted installs of gdb-headless-8.2-11.el8.i686 and gdb-headless-8.2-11.el8.x86_64\n  file /usr/share/gdb/guile/gdb/types.go conflicts between attempted installs of gdb-headless-8.2-11.el8.i686 and gdb-headless-8.2-11.el8.x86_64\nTraceback (most recent call last):\n  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pyanaconda/payload/dnfpayload.py", line 281, in do_transaction\n   base.do_transaction(display=display)\n  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf/base.py", line 857, in do_transaction\n    raise dnf.exceptions.Error(errstring)\ndnf.exceptions.Error: Transaction test error:\n  file /usr/share/gdb/guile/gdb.go conflicts between attempted installs of gdb-headless-8.2-11.el8.i686 and gdb-headless-8.2-11.el8.x86_64\n  file /usr/share/gdb/guile/gdb/experimental.go conflicts between attempted installs of gdb-headless-8.2-11.el8.i686 and gdb-headless-8.2-11.el8.x86_64\n  file /usr/share/gdb/guile/gdb/iterator.go conflicts between attempted installs of gdb-headless-8.2-11.el8.i686 and gdb-headless-8.2-11.el8.x86_64\n  file /usr/share/gdb/guile/gdb/printing.go conflicts between attempted installs of gdb-headless-8.2-11.el8.i686 and gdb-headless-8.2-11.el8.x86_64\n  file /usr/share/gdb/guile/gdb/support.go conflicts between attempted installs of gdb-headless-8.2-11.el8.i686 and gdb-headless-8.2-11.el8.x86_64\n  file /usr/share/gdb/guile/gdb/types.go conflicts between attempted installs of gdb-headless-8.2-11.el8.i686 and gdb-headless-8.2-11.el8.x86_64\n\n',)

Environment

RHEL 8.2

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