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

[Kevin Kofler]

John Reiser wrote:
> 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".

%{?_isa} wouldn't really fix this. It'd just change the error from 
"protected multilib versions" to "unresolvable dependencies". The real issue 
is that the repository contains packages with broken dependencies, and 
there's no magic bullet to fix that in yum or in the packaging. There is, 
however, talk about enforcing the AutoQA dependency checks on the Bodhi end, 
which should fix that problem in most cases.

        Kevin Kofler