[RFE, Patch, Multi-lib] 32bit support /usr/bin/firefox

[Thomas Woerner]

There is no arch support for requires in RPM. Therefore you have to add 
a virtual provide to the firefox package:

Provides: %{name}.%{_arch}

and add the requirement to the dependant package:

Requires: firefox.i386



Warren Togami wrote:
> Jesse Keating wrote:
>> On Monday 13 November 2006 00:37, Warren Togami wrote:
>>> Can you think of a way to make a firefox.i386 dependency specifically if
>>> this is a x86_64 arch package?  I can't.
>>
>> Have file requires on one of the 32bit libraries.  Only the 32bit 
>> firefox would supply that library.
>>
>>
> 
> This doesn't exactly work in the case of firefox, because it uses 
> versioned directories.  And AFAIK none of the other things owned by the 
> package is unique to firefox.i386.
> 
> Warren Togami
> wtogami at redhat.com
> 


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