[CentOS] i386 or x86_64 installation

On Tue, 2007-01-23 at 07:13 +0900, John Summerfield wrote:
> Johnny Hughes wrote:
> 
> > 
> > It is a headache (IMHO) to have to maintain a bunch of multiple arch
> > RPMS.  As I said before, IF you stay with only the 32bit items that are
> > in the official x86_64 repository then you should be mostly fine.
> > 
> > I personally think that the way x86_64 is handled is a buggy kludge
> > (yes, I know I am the maintainer of this $ARCH :P).  An example is that
> > if you install an i386 and x86_64 package of the same name ... then
> > remove the i386 package ... some of the shared files (that were
> > identical on install and worked ok) that are in both might be removed.
> > These should stay as the x86_64 package is still installed.
> > 
> > This happens often enough that I wrote a script that figures out what
> > should be there on x86_64 packages and gives me a list of packages that
> > I need to reinstall to get the shared files back if they are missing.
> > 
> 
> It sounds to me that rpm has a bug. It might be a design flaw, but still 
> a bug.
> 
> If it allows two packages to install the same file (it didn't used to), 
> then it needs to maintain a use count. Like for modules.
> 
> Only when the use count reaches 0 can a file be removed.
> 
> Have you tried your fortunes with bugzilla at RH?

RH is well aware of the problem and I just do not agree with their
solution (or even their methodology to get the solution).

This is not just a RH problem either  .... it is a multilib arches /
package manager dilemma.  Same issue at Debian too (just a different
package manager).  The problem is that none of the package managers
handle sharing the same files between packages very well right now.

There needs to be major changes in that area ... and to be honest, I
just do not think x86_64 with i386 packages incorporated is ready for
prime time in any distro.
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