[Mageia-dev] 32 bits packages preferred over 64 bits packages?

Sat Oct 8 02:31:00 CEST 2011

Am 07.10.2011 22:34, schrieb Thomas Backlund:
+> Samuel Verschelde skrev 7.10.2011 23:28:
+>> Hi,
+>>
+>> Maybe this question will demonstrate that I have no experience with 64 bits 
+>> systems, but I don't mind it :)
+>>
+>> When installing the git package, several dependencies are pulled, but two of 
+>> them come from 32 bits media:
+>>
+>> (medium "Core 32bit Release")
+>>    perl-Authen-SASL               2.150.0      3.mga1        noarch  
+>> (suggested)
+>>    perl-Error                     0.170.160    1.mga1        noarch
+>> 23MB of additional disk space will be used.
+>> 4.7MB of packages will be retrieved.
+>>
+>>
+>> I don't understand why perl-Authen-SASL and perl-Error are installed from 32 
+>> bits media instead of the 64 bits Core Release.
+>>
+>> Do you have any clue?
+>>
+>
+> Because they are noarch we dont care from wich arch repo it comes from as 
+> it's the same package.
+>
+> -- 
+> Thomas
+>
+>
+AFAICT there is an actual problem underneath this, f.ex. when using virtual 
+provides to install packages,
+but the cases are really rare where this happens to non-noarch-packages. But 
+i've seen a case where
+an i586 package was preferred over x86_64, but can't really remember which :(
+