[Repost] What is "Error: Protected multilib versions"

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 06:32:47AM -0700, John Reiser wrote:
> >> # yum install /usr/sbin/libvirtd
> 
> >> Error: Protected multilib versions: libvirt-client-0.9.10-2.fc17.i686 != libvirt-client-0.9.10-3.fc17.x86_64
> 
> >> What does the error mean?
> > ...
>
> Or, some packager forgot to use %{?_isa} when specifying package
> dependencies which are [or become] architecture-dependent.  This is
> a common and *systematic* error which causes much grief.  None of
> the tools check for it, which is another bug^W"opportunity for
> enhancement".

Is there any information about when this should be used?  I don't
think I've ever written a spec file that uses it.

Rich.

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