Multilib extras packages need i386 libpython2.4.so on x86_64

[Denis Leroy]

Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:29:29 -0600, Orion Poplawski wrote:
> 
>> Moving discussion to Fedora Maintainers to bring in core development.
>>
>> Michael Schwendt wrote:
>>> On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 09:38:20 -0600, Orion Poplawski wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Broken packages in fedora-extras-development-x86_64:
>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>     csound-5.03.0-5.fc7.i386  requires  libpython2.4.so.1.0
>>>>>     k3d-0.6.3.1-1.fc6.i386  requires  libpython2.4.so.1.0
>>>>>     koffice-core-1.6.0-2.fc7.i386  requires  libpython2.4.so.1.0
>>>>>     koffice-kivio-1.6.0-2.fc7.i386  requires  libpython2.4.so.1.0
>>>>>     plplot-5.6.1-7.fc6.i386  requires  libpython2.4.so.1.0
>>>>>     plplot-gnome-5.6.1-7.fc6.i386  requires  libpython2.4.so.1.0
>>>>>     scribus-1.3.3.4-1.fc6.i386  requires  libpython2.4.so.1.0
>>>>>
>>>> Why is libpython2.4.so.1.0 missing on x86_64 but not i386?
>>> This is multi-lib enabled Fedora Extras Development.
>>>
>>> In addition to Wine (and its dependencies), now i386 -devel packages and
>>> their dependencies are available in x86_64 Extras, too.
>>>
>>> If libpython2.4.so.1.0 i386 (!) is not in Rawhide x86_64, we need to talk
>>> about it and either start black-listing i386 Extras packages, which we
>>> don't want to have multi-lib enabled (or fix the sub-packages).
>>>
>>> Above are dependencies of:
>>>
>>>   csound-devel
>>>   k3d-devel
>>>   koffice-devel
>>>   plplot-devel
>>>   scribus-devel
>>>
>> So, are the above packages in error, or do we need to get i386 
>> libpython2.4.so into the x86_64 tree?
> 
> Very doubtful, because:
> 
> $ rpm -q --whatprovides libpython2.4.so.1.0
> python-2.4.3-18.fc6

hmm, I'm not sure i fully understand. Are you requesting anything from 
the packagers ? k3d simply has a BR: python-devel in its main package. 
Does it need a specific R: python then ?