Multilib Middle-Ground

[Les Mikesell]

Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> 
>> No, but you can - and do - make it difficult for 3rd party packagers 
>> to build RPMs that work across multiple distros/versions, and for 
>> users to install such packages.  It is silly if you don't see that, or 
>> that Red Hat doesn't care if fedora alienates the potential users of 
>> RPM and 'system-config-xxx' based distributions.
> 
> In this case, the packager is deliberately overriding the dependency 
> mechanism and not using file based dependencies that make it work across 
> the distribution. There is really no excuse for not using the tools 
> provided. VMWare packaging is just broken and suggestions on what they 
> should do should be taken to them. Not here. Save yourself the trouble.

But what I was trying to point out initially is that failing the install 
because one part has unsatisfied dependencies is counterproductive 
because you may not need to run that part.

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