[packaging question] multilib gtkimm (Input Method modules)

seth vidal skvidal at linux.duke.edu
Thu May 4 05:02:37 UTC 2006


On Thu, 2006-05-04 at 00:57 -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Jens Petersen (petersen at redhat.com) said: 
> > Bill Nottingham wrote:
> > >Jens Petersen (petersen at redhat.com) said: 
> > >>Is there a better to deal with this?
> > >
> > >Have the package installer always resolve and install <foo>.compatarch
> > >when <foo>.normalarch is asked for.
> > 
> > So would require changes to yum?
> 
> Yes. I suppose it may be pluginable.
> 

plugins for that level of involvement in the depsolver are not advised.

If there's a reason to depsolve this way - then open a bug/rfe about it,
please - but right now it feels like too little rigor in multilib
package creation.

-sv





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