On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 06:25:09PM -0500, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Gregory Maxwell writes: > > >Not needed packages.. files.. > > > >Right now foo.x86_64.rpm and foo.i386.rpm can provide > >/usr/share/foo/important_arch_neutral_file_such_as_a_manpage > > > >If you remove foo.i386.rpm the shared file will get nuked. > > > >RPM can recognize such overlaps and do the right thing, but some code > >which greatly speeds up dependency computation breaks that. > > No, this is the other way around. rpm is broken. If both package X and > package Y install the same file, removing package X _SHOULD NOT_ remove the > shared file. If two packages own the same file then it's a bug in packaging! Regards, R. -- Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski <rathann*at*icm.edu.pl> Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling Warsaw University | http://www.icm.edu.pl | tel. +48 (22) 5540810 -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list