EPEL Repoclosure problems for -6

[Kevin Fenzi]

On Tue, 16 Sep 2014 20:09:05 -0600
Orion Poplawski <orion at cora.nwra.com> wrote:

> This has always been a funny one, and I've brought it up in the past,
> in the x86_64 repo:
> 
> package: grib_api-devel-1.12.3-1.el6.i686 from epelx
>    unresolved deps:
>       gcc-gfortran(x86-32)
> 
> Apparently there is now 32-bit gfortran in 64-bit RHEL.  Is there a 
> multilib blacklist for EPEL that we can add grib_api to?  (I see
> similar issues with php and java)
> 
> -
> 
> package: plplot-tk-5.9.7-3.el6.1.i686 from epelx
>    unresolved deps:
>       libpython2.6.so.1.0
> 
> ScientificLinux provides python-libs.i686 in x86_64, so this isn't an 
> issue there.
> 
> -
> 
> package: thunderbird-lightning-2.6.5-2.el6.x86_64 from epelx
>    unresolved deps:
>       thunderbird >= 0:24.5.0
> 
> SL has the needed TB as well.
> 
> Unfortunately my RHEL subscription just expired so I can't check that.

It's a mash issue. The epel mash setup does multilib, but RHEL doesn't
ship some 32bit things on x86_64. 

So, there's no 32bit python in rhel6 x86_64, but EPEL mash assumes
there will be one. 

There's a long standing ticket to fix this in mash, but it will require
some coding. 

kevin


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