> For me, this is even less obvious than all the other scenarios you've > mentioned. And sometimes, it is a problem to have i386 packages installed > on x86_64, which the excludes in mock illustrate perfectly. > > I'd really prefer having a behavior closer to what Christopher was trying > to do, as the reason for having i386 packages on x86_64 is mostly because > of broken software (OpenOffice) or proprietary software (web browser > plugins), which aren't good reasons in the first place. So keeping them > out except when explicitly requested (i.e. *.i386) is what I'd prefer. > no it's not. The purpose for the i386 is to provide for supporting the compat arch execution. And from what I've been told the number of multilib pkgs in the distro are going to go UP not down. -sv
