[CentOS] packaging :: why would a x86_64 package depend on i686 packages?

Adrian Sevcenco

Adrian.Sevcenco at cern.ch
Thu Jan 30 09:17:31 UTC 2014


Hi! I recently encountered a situation when a x86_64 package is
dependent on i686 packages..
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?

Thanks!
Adrian



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