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

Thu Jan 30 09:20:54 UTC 2014
John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com>

On 1/30/2014 1:17 AM, Adrian Sevcenco 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?

I suspect that would depend on just what this package is, and what 32bit 
packages its dependent on.




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