On 01/30/2014 03:28 PM, Jason Pyeron wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: John R Pierce >> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 4:21 >> >> On 1/30/2014 1:17 AM, Adrian Sevcenco wrote: >>> Hi! I recently encountered a situation when a x86_64 package is >>> dependent on i686 packages.. > > RPM and Specfile please? Also if it is not a CentOS package try: > rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx . > >>> Does anyone with packaging experience know why this could >> be necessary? >>> What arguments (logical and technical) can i bring to the said >>> packager in order to stop this chain of dependencies? >> >> I suspect that would depend on just what this package is, and >> what 32bit packages its dependent on. Hi everyone! The question was purely academic (in the sense that i think that this is wrong but i don't have the experience and knowledge to have arguments for my opinion). The package in question is from a particular science-related repo and i i got an answer that the package is that way because there are potential users that use i686 software (in the context that that software is only supported for x86_64 distros..) So: are there any best-practices rules that say :"do not mix arch in packages, better split them" ? Thanks! Adrian
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