QA at Fedora asleep? Many i386 packages in x86_64 FC2 updates

[Dan Williams]

Bob,

Part of the reason is that programs like openoffice.org aren't yet 64-
bit.  OOo is still 32-bit (doesn't compile yet for 64-bit architectures
because its not 64-bit clean) but we're working on that.  But, to have a
32-bit OOo run on x86_64, we need to drag along a bunch of stuff, like
cups, gtk2, glib, pango, etc.  That's why most of the packages are
there, because programs taht don't yet have 64-bit equivalents still
need to link against the 32-bit versions, even if you run them on
x86_64.

dan

On Sat, 2004-10-23 at 08:10 +0200, Bob Deblier wrote:
> There's a whole list of i386 packages in the core/updates/2/x86_64
> directory (on download.fedora.redhat.com and ftp.belnet.be - please
> check other mirrors):
> 
> -rw-r--r--       103151   Jun  3 16:52   cups-libs-1.1.20-11.1.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--       103405   Sep 28 16:34   cups-libs-1.1.20-11.3.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--       103504   Oct  5 17:10   cups-libs-1.1.20-11.4.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--       487384   Oct 19 15:44   glib2-2.4.7-1.1.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--      4571957   Oct 19 15:45   gtk2-2.4.13-2.1.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--      4416526   Sep 15 17:52   gtk2-2.4.7-2.4.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--      4415614   Sep 16 06:51   gtk2-2.4.7-2.5.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--      4415644   Sep 23 18:16   gtk2-2.4.7-2.6.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--       494316   Jun  4 20:50   krb5-libs-1.3.3-7.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--       495462   Aug 31 20:11   krb5-libs-1.3.4-6.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--       152706   Jun 18 16:05   libpng-1.2.5-5.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--       153140   Aug  4 17:38   libpng-1.2.5-8.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--       197502   Oct 14 18:48   libtiff-3.5.7-20.2.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--      9416513   Aug  6 00:15   mozilla-1.7.2-0.2.0.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--      9417523   Sep 22 22:52   mozilla-1.7.3-0.2.0.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--       168779   Aug  6 00:15  
> mozilla-chat-1.7.2-0.2.0.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--       168855   Sep 22 22:52  
> mozilla-chat-1.7.3-0.2.0.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--      3430668   Aug  6 00:15  
> mozilla-devel-1.7.2-0.2.0.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--      3431150   Sep 22 22:52  
> mozilla-devel-1.7.3-0.2.0.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--       129375   Aug  6 00:15  
> mozilla-dom-inspector-1.7.2-0.2.0.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--       129476   Sep 22 22:52  
> mozilla-dom-inspector-1.7.3-0.2.0.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--       216249   Aug  6 00:15  
> mozilla-js-debugger-1.7.2-0.2.0.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--       216304   Sep 22 22:52  
> mozilla-js-debugger-1.7.3-0.2.0.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--      1837821   Aug  6 00:15  
> mozilla-mail-1.7.2-0.2.0.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--      1837765   Sep 22 22:52  
> mozilla-mail-1.7.3-0.2.0.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--       105703   Aug  6 00:15  
> mozilla-nspr-1.7.2-0.2.0.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--       105804   Sep 22 22:52  
> mozilla-nspr-1.7.3-0.2.0.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--       182713   Aug  6 00:15  
> mozilla-nspr-devel-1.7.2-0.2.0.i386.rpm-rw-r--r--       182832   Sep 22
> 22:52   mozilla-nspr-devel-1.7.3-0.2.0.i386.rpm-rw-r--r--       642446  
> Aug  6 00:15   mozilla-nss-1.7.2-0.2.0.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--       642551   Sep 22 22:52  
> mozilla-nss-1.7.3-0.2.0.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--       426276   Aug  6 00:15  
> mozilla-nss-devel-1.7.2-0.2.0.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--       426427   Sep 22 22:52  
> mozilla-nss-devel-1.7.3-0.2.0.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--     45384012   Oct 21 16:20  
> openoffice.org-1.1.2-10.fc2.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--    116156909   Oct 21 16:22  
> openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-10.fc2.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--     40707893   Oct 21 16:22  
> openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-10.fc2.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--       260729   Oct  7 20:14   pango-1.4.1-1.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--      4653801   May  7 00:56   redhat-artwork-0.96-1.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--     14116065   Sep 13 22:16   samba-3.0.7-2.FC2.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--      5372296   Jul  6 18:42   xorg-x11-devel-6.7.0-5.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--      5380547   Sep 29 02:16   xorg-x11-devel-6.7.0-9.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--      2452335   Jul  6 18:42   xorg-x11-libs-6.7.0-5.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--      2458616   Sep 29 02:16   xorg-x11-libs-6.7.0-9.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--       338313   Jul  6 18:42  
> xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL-6.7.0-5.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--       344304   Sep 29 02:16  
> xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL-6.7.0-9.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--       409220   Jul  6 18:42  
> xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU-6.7.0-5.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--       415215   Sep 29 02:16  
> xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU-6.7.0-9.i386.rpm
> 
> This wouldn't be a critical problem, but the corresponding x86_64
> versions seem to be missing.
> 
> What gives? Should I report this on BugZilla - if yes, under what
> component?
> 
> Bob Deblier
>