On 08/24/2011 08:11 PM, seth vidal wrote: > On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 13:09 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: >> On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:26:44 +0100 >> Richard Hughes wrote: >> >>> I'm seriously wondering if multilib is worth all this hassle... >> >> Oh I've never wondered that: It has clearly never been a good >> idea. Starting with the total lack of documentation about how >> the heck it actually works when (for instance) multilib rpms >> both contain /usr/bin binaries of the same name and going >> through all the problems it causes with updates (like these). > > It is documented it is just confusing > > When you have two pkgs sharing the same binary path - the pkg in the > preferred/compat arch for that platform has its files installed. > > Except when you install them in the wrong order - and then rpm will > cough out a conflict. This, I think, has been fixed in more recent > changes but I'm not 100% certain of that. The conflict behavior should be consistent regardless of the order since rpm >= 4.6.0, ie since F10. - Panu - -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
