xulrunner-1.9.1.1-1.fc11.x86_64 update pulls in i586 packages

Seth Vidal skvidal at fedoraproject.org
Thu Jul 23 16:23:16 UTC 2009



On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, Braden McDaniel wrote:

>>>  How  do we fix that?
>>
>> %{__isa} istr.
>
> Well, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if no one using gecko-libs
> does that; though if what you're suggesting is correct, I suspect nearly
> everyone needs to.
>
> But why does yum assume that a dependency of an x86_64 package can be
> satisfied by an i586 one?

Why not?

If something requires FOO and something else provides FOO - what 
difference does it make if it is from another arch as long as the arch is 
compatible with the system?

-sv




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