32bit packages on x86_64 and Requires:

[Caolan McNamara]

On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 14:33 -0400, Nick Bargnesi wrote:
> On Apr 4, 2005 11:36 AM, Caolan McNamara <caolanm at redhat.com> wrote:
> > If a 32bit package, e.g. Openoffice.org is installed on x86_64 and it
> > explicitly "Requires:" something. Do rpm and update managers
> > automatically ignore matching 64bit packages for that Requires and
> > demand a 32bit package to fulfill the require ? i.e.
> 
> Yum can resolve dependencies within any architecture.  I don't know if
> yum would automatically ignore it but rpm definitely won't fullfil
> requirements when packages are across architectures.
> 
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/beta/show_bug.cgi?id=153128
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/beta/show_bug.cgi?id=153129
> > where the error messages would suggest that the i386 libgcj and
> > startup-notification are missing, while rpm -qR lists them as Required.

ok, apparently stuff like Requires: libgcj is actually worthless :-),
though Requires: libgcj.so.6 would do what we want here.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=153129 for details.

C.