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

[Fred Smith]

On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 04:55:56AM -0800, Akemi Yagi wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 1:17 AM, Adrian Sevcenco
> <Adrian.Sevcenco at cern.ch> wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> You can find such an example in a recent bug report. Turns out it was
> due to user's set up ...
> 
> http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=6944
> 
> So, you'd need to analyse your situation (decipher the yum output etc)
> and determine what's causing it.

One that comes to mind is Google Earth. Their alleged 64-bit packages 
have dependencies on 32-bit packages. Go figure.


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