Multilib help?

[Panu Matilainen]

On Tue, 26 Jan 2010, Panu Matilainen wrote:

> On Mon, 25 Jan 2010, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 02:08:10PM -0500, Bill Nottingham wrote:
>>> - If the file in both packages is identical, installation is allowed
>>>   and the file is written
>>> - If the file in both packages is an ELF binary, the file used is the
>>>   file in the package for the primary architecture
>>> - If the file in both packages is not an ELF binary a RPM conflict is
>>>   raised
>>
>> Are you sure about the third rule?
>
> Yes.
>
>> I think the problem arises because /usr/bin/libguestfs-supermin-helper
>> is different in libguestfs.i686 and libguestfs.x86_64, but this file
>> is a shell script, not an ELF binary.
>>
>> These are the files in libguestfs.i686 and libguestfs.x86_64 that have
>> the same names but different content:
>>
>>  /usr/bin/hivexget                     (ELF binary)
>>  /usr/bin/hivexml                      (ELF binary)
>>  /usr/bin/libguestfs-test-tool         (ELF binary)
>>  /usr/libexec/libguestfs-test-tool-helper (ELF binary)
>>  /usr/bin/libguestfs-supermin-helper   (shell script)
>>
>> Anyway, I will move the shell script and see if that helps.
>
> Wont help, the multilib file "shadowing" logic is NOT based on paths.
> Looking at libguestfs.spec, here's the problem:
>
> %global _use_internal_dependency_generator 0
>
> The external dependency generator doesn't create the file "coloring" that
> the multilib magic needs to operate. So you'll get conflicts on all paths
> where content differs.

...except looking at libguestfs-1.0.75-1.fc12, it *has* been built with 
internal dependency generator, and it gives:

Preparing...                ########################################### 
[100%]
 	file /usr/bin/libguestfs-supermin-helper conflicts between 
attempted installs of libguestfs-1:1.0.75-1.fc12.i686 and 
libguestfs-1:1.0.75-1.fc12.x86_64

...which is the expected behavior for a non-elf file (script in this case 
but doesn't matter). If both arch's of libguestfs have been installed, 
--replacefiles or --force has been used to force the install despite
of a conflicting file.

 	- Panu -