repoclosure, multilib, and gift pkg

[Rex Dieter]

Rex Dieter wrote:

> Fedora Extras repoclosure wrote:
> 
>>     rdieter AT math.unl.edu
>>         gift - 0.11.8.1-6.fc7.i386    (12 days)
> ...
>> Broken packages in fedora-extras-development-x86_64:
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>     gift-0.11.8.1-6.fc7.i386  requires  libmagic.so.1
> 
> This is multilib at work methinks.  What to do about it?
> 
> plan a:
> * split gift shlibs and giftd daemon (which links against libmagic) into
> separate pkgs.
> CON: gift-using apps no longer (automatically) pull-in giftd as a
> dependency.  WORKAROUND: add Requires: gift-daemon (or whatever new pkg
> name is) to said apps.
> 
> plan b:
> * hmm... can't think of a plan b.  Suggestions?

Got it!  
plan b: the "file" pkg/rpm which provides libmagic doesn't have a -devel pkg
for its header file(s) and libmagic.so.  If it *did* then it would be
pulled into the multilib mix too.  bugzilla here I come!
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/214992

-- Rex