[F8/multilib] {,/usr}/{,s}bin64 (was: Split libperl from perl)

[Axel Thimm]

On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 10:03:00PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> > > > [... Changing all specfiles by splitting out bin subpackages
> > > > vs simply defining a new _bindir ...]
> > > Yes, but it does involve much more work to do.
> 
> Packaging is hard. Let's go shopping.

No, the above is not hard to do, it is a straightforward thing to do
that will occupy a full or more than one release cycle(s).

I prefer to get F8 with some new features as well and not only a mass
review again. Which wil involve thre times as many packages as the FC
merge review which we didn't manage to finish.

A better F8 and even time for you to go shipping. Win-win.

> It helps a little bit if we fix RPM to actually make the _right_
> decision when it's forced to choose between conflicting files
> (http://david.woodhou.se/rpm-4.4.2-prefer-elf32.patch), but really, RPM
> shouldn't be making those decisions.

Indeed.

> It should just be installing what it's told to, and it shouldn't be
> told to install stuff which conflicts.

Agreed. But in your proposal of splitting out all bin parts, the bin
parts would still conflict, so no /usr/bin/firefox and no
/usr/bin64/firefox. Instead with the simply _bindir redefinition you
save time, go shopping and can coinstall binaries of both
archs. Win-win-win.

BTW I hate shopping, if your proposal makes it easier not having to go
shopping, then let's do it your way. ;)
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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