Adrian Sevcenco
2014-Jan-30 09:17 UTC
[CentOS] packaging :: why would a x86_64 package depend on i686 packages?
Hi! I recently encountered a situation when a x86_64 package is dependent on i686 packages.. Does anyone with packaging experience know why this could be necessary? What arguments (logical and technical) can i bring to the said packager in order to stop this chain of dependencies? Thanks! Adrian
John R Pierce
2014-Jan-30 09:20 UTC
[CentOS] packaging :: why would a x86_64 package depend on i686 packages?
On 1/30/2014 1:17 AM, Adrian Sevcenco wrote:> Hi! I recently encountered a situation when a x86_64 package is > dependent on i686 packages.. > Does anyone with packaging experience know why this could be necessary? > What arguments (logical and technical) can i bring to the said packager > in order to stop this chain of dependencies?I suspect that would depend on just what this package is, and what 32bit packages its dependent on. -- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the left coast
Akemi Yagi
2014-Jan-30 12:55 UTC
[CentOS] packaging :: why would a x86_64 package depend on i686 packages?
On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 1:17 AM, Adrian Sevcenco <Adrian.Sevcenco at cern.ch> wrote:> Hi! I recently encountered a situation when a x86_64 package is > dependent on i686 packages.. > Does anyone with packaging experience know why this could be necessary? > What arguments (logical and technical) can i bring to the said packager > in order to stop this chain of dependencies?You can find such an example in a recent bug report. Turns out it was due to user's set up ... http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=6944 So, you'd need to analyse your situation (decipher the yum output etc) and determine what's causing it. Akemi