i386 packages sneaking in on x86_64 platform (was: lm_sensors in FC4-updates for x86_64 twice?)

Florian La Roche laroche at redhat.com
Sun Nov 27 17:56:56 UTC 2005


> But users shouldn't typically install libraries in isolation, the typical 
> way  they get on the system is that an application that the user installs 
> pulls  them in, and then only the matching variant should be installed.

Many dependencies don't specify the arch, so could work with one of them.
There are also a few other things like virtual provides for "webclient"
or "mta", but those are way fewer than multilib packages which can really
make a big difference on x86_64.

regards,

Florian La Roche




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