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

Thu Jan 30 12:55:56 UTC 2014
Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com>

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.

Akemi