Firefox required for latest F8 updates

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Sun, 2008-07-06 at 18:23 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> I've loaded Remi's Firefox 3 RPMs on a F8 system, so I have the
> following packages:
> 
>         xulrunner-devel-1.9-1.fc8.remi.x86_64
>         xulrunner-1.9-1.fc8.remi.x86_64
>         firefox-3.0-1.fc8.remi.x86_64
>         firefox2-2.0.0.14-1.fc8.remi.x86_64
> 
> For some reason, the latest F8 update wants to pull in Firefox 2 i386
> package from F8 updates:
> 
>         Updating:
>          cups-pdf                x86_64     2.4.8-1.fc8      updates            59 k
>          devhelp                 x86_64     0.16.1-8.fc8     updates           199 k
>          gnome-python2-extras    x86_64     2.19.1-15.fc8    updates            50 k
>          gnome-python2-gtkhtml2  x86_64     2.19.1-15.fc8    updates            18 k
>          gnome-python2-libegg    x86_64     2.19.1-15.fc8    updates            57 k
>          jetty                   x86_64     5.1.14-1jpp.1.fc8  updates           1.9 M
>          pcre                    x86_64     7.3-4.fc8        updates           138 k
>          python-paste            noarch     1.6-1.fc8        updates           680 k
>          yelp                    x86_64     2.20.0-10.fc8    updates           715 k
>         Installing for dependencies:
>          firefox                 i386       2.0.0.15-1.fc8   updates            21 M

Update: both yelp and devhelp include the firefox dependency.  The
others installed OK without it.

> 
> Note that the i386 package is pulled in even though all of the updates
> are x86_64 or noarch.  Remi's i386 packages don't play nicely with his
> x86_64 packages, though, so I can't install both.
> 
> Which package is pulling the F8 Firefox?  Any suggestions for a
> solution?
> 
> TIA.
> 
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                Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
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