java-1.8.0-openjdk i686 and x86_64 rpms

[Mikolaj Izdebski]

On 04/23/2014 12:54 AM, Arun SAG wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I see openjdk-1.8.0 got built and pushed  as an update for fedora 19
> http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=505651 .
> 
> 
>  In the past the i686 rpms of openjdk were pushed into release x86_64
> repo of fedora 19
> (http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora-enchilada/linux/releases/19/Everything/x86_64/os/Packages/j/)
> , But with this particular update the i686 rpm never got pushed into
> x86_64 repository
> http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora-enchilada/linux/updates/19/x86_64/
> 
> Any reason why it is not happening?

Java packages don't  support multilib for several reasons.  Because of
that Java has been granted an multibib exemption by FESCo [1].  32-bit
JVMs not appearing in 64-bit repos is an expected thing.

-- 
Mikolaj Izdebski
Software Engineer, Red Hat
IRC: mizdebsk

[1] https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/961