32bit packages on x86_64 and Requires:

[Nick Bargnesi]

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.
> 
> C.
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