Re: [patch] Fix jit-reader.h for multilib

Yao Qi
2015-01-12T02:33:38Z

Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> writes:

> # multi-lib safety means that files with the same pathname (which is
> # /usr/include, contrary to /usr/lib vs. /usr/lib64 for example)
> # contain exactly the same content.
>

Thanks, that is clear to me now.

> See also:
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/MultilibTricks#File_conflicts
>
>
> When we discuss it personally I do not think multilib should be applied to the
> GDB package as there is nothing like /usr/lib{,64}/libgdb.so. There is only
> /usr/bin/gdb and that has always just one arch on one system. So installing
> gdb.i686 and gdb.x86_64 simultaneously does not have any benefits / makes
> sense. But despites this I need it for Red Hat packaging so I am fine to also
> keep it just as a downstream patch. OTOH I guess other OS packagers may also
> face it so it may be easier for everyone to do it upstream.

Is multi-lib safety a Fedora/Red Hat specific packaging rule? or do
other distributions need this too? If answer is yes, I don't object to
your patch as it adjusts the order of looking for desired types.

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Yao (齐尧)