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

Matthew Woehlke mw_triad at users.sourceforge.net
Thu Jul 23 18:46:32 UTC 2009


Seth Vidal wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, Braden McDaniel wrote:
>> 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?

That only works if FOO is an executable and not a library, no?

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