Need the i686 rpms for plugins in the x86_64 repo

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Mon Sep 14 11:59:00 UTC 2015


Alejandro Alvarez Ayllon wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> A couple of packages I [co-]maintain are heavily plugin-based, and those
> plugins are installed under /usr/lib(64)/<project name>/, while the core
> libraries are installed into /usr/lib(64)
> 
> Then, there are other projects that have their own set of libraries,
> depend on the core libraries, and also require a subset of the plugins
> to provide a basic functionality.
> 
> So, at the end of the day, in the epel6 x86_64 repo I have the i686 rpms
> for the dependent project and the core libraries, but only the x86_64
> plugins, so the 32 bits version is basically uninstallable.
> 
> I am guessing that the i686 rpms are copied when there is a .so
> installed under %{_libdir}. Is there any way I can trigger the rpms
> containing the plugins to be copied as well?

I'd suggest filing a bug against 'mash', with details about which bits need 
to be multilib'd, ie, please multilib all packages containing blob:
/usr/lib(64)/<my_project>/*.so

-- Rex




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