Simon Huggins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 07:56:54PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> Aurelien Jarno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > I don't see why this could be a problem for multiarch. The library is >> > only used by the binary which is the same package, so they are always >> > in sync. >> libfoo:i386 contains >> /usr/bin/foo >> /usr/i486-linux-gnu/lib/libfoo.so.0 > >> libfoo:amd64 contains >> /usr/bin/foo >> /usr/x86_64-linux-gnu/lib/libfoo.so.0 > >> When both get installed dpkg will complain about trying to overwrite >> /usr/bin/foo. > > Surely you're just pushing this out to libfoo-bin:i386 contains > /usr/bin/foo and likewise libfoo-bin:amd64 and getting the conflict > there. > > How do you resolve that? > > Simon
You would be able to install libfoo:i386, libfoo:amd64 and either libfoo-bin:i386 or libfoo-bin:amd64. Now if you have packages bar and baz that "Depend: libfoo" you can install both bar:i386 and baz:amd64. Without the split package this would not be possible. MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]