Attachment 303641 Details for Bug 443998 – email thread discussing bzip2 multi-lib status

email thread discussing bzip2 multi-lib status

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>Subject:
>Re: [Fwd: [rhn-list] Customer looking for 32bit bzip2-devel in x86_64]
>From:
>Daniel Mach <dmach@redhat.com>
>Date:
>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:40:47 +0200
>To:
>cdoerbec <cdoerbec@redhat.com>
>CC:
>Ivana Varekova <varekova@redhat.com>
>
>If you have a ticket, just escalate it to bugzilla or file a new bug yourself.
>You probably could get an exception to get this into rhel 4.7, since it's just a comps change.
>
>
>cdoerbec wrote:
>> What's the best way to get a bugzilla opened?  Should I do it, or have customer work it through the helpdesk? Daniel Mach wrote:
>>> Hi Christoph,
>>>
>>> Christoph Doerbeck wrote:
>>>> Hi Daniel,
>>>>
>>>> In the meantime, is it safe for the customer to lift the 32bit
>>>> bzip2-devel package from the 32bit RHEL channel and deploy it on the
>>>> 64bit host?  They've got some developers being held up by it's
>>>> absence....
>>>>   
>>> I think it's the only option now.
>>>> I have not investigated rpm/architecture name collisions, so I don't
>>>> know if 64bit & 32bit can coexist happily and not break satellite
>>>> dependency resolution.  Which is why I ask...
>>>>   
>>> It could eventuelly break updates (i.e. they will probably have to update bzip2-devel manually, both rpms at once),
>>> but currently there is no bzip2 erratum (there probably won't be any update until rhel 4.7), so they can probably safely proceed and install 32bit rpm.
>>> I think that 32 and 64bit packages can safely coexist as long as they have exactly the same version.
>>> Rpm should handle that the same way as other multilib packages.
>>>>   Thanks
>>>>
>>>> -christoph
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 12:25 +0200, Daniel Mach wrote:
>>>>  
>>>>> Hi Christoph,
>>>>> rhn and satellite lists are not related to rhn channel content at all, so don't expect any answers from them ;)
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know why bzip2-devel is not multilib in rhel4, but it seems like this could be easily fixed.
>>>>>
>>>>> First, I'll need a bugzilla against rhel 4.7 comps.
>>>>> Then we need relevant acks and after then I can modify comps to solve this issue in rhel 4.7.
>>>>>
>>>>> - daniel
>>>>>
>>>>> Ivana Varekova wrote:
>>>>>  
>>>>>> Hello Christoph,
>>>>>> the better person to ask is Dan Mach - he is the member of release engineering team so he could be able to help you (give reasons why the package is not there or help to add it).
>>>>>> I'm forwarding this mail to him.
>>>>>> Ivana
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    
>>>>>>> Hi Ivana,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> One of my customers is asking a question (below) which I posted on rhn &
>>>>>>> satellite lists.  Unfortunately I did not get any response.  Can you
>>>>>>> confirm/deny if:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There is a difference in the bzip2-devel packages for 32bit & 64bit
>>>>>>> RHEL?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If there IS a difference, why is there no 32 versiion in the RHEL 64bit
>>>>>>> channel?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for your help.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Christoph Doerbeck
>>>>>>> Solutions Architect
>>>>>>> 508-826-2756
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>>>>>>> From: Christoph Doerbeck <cdoerbec@redhat.com>
>>>>>>> Reply-To: rhn-list@redhat.com
>>>>>>> To: rhn-satellite@redhat.com
>>>>>>> Cc: rhn-list@redhat.com
>>>>>>> Subject: [rhn-list] Customer looking for 32bit bzip2-devel in x86_64
>>>>>>> Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:49:42 -0400
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is there a quick answer for this, or should I have customer open a
>>>>>>> support case?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -christoph
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Christoph,
>>>>>>>     One of our business units is using RHEL4 x86_64 and they're
>>>>>>> looking for the 32-bit version of the bzip2-devel RPM.  I looked at the
>>>>>>> channels and it looks like the 64-bit version is available in the x86_64
>>>>>>> channel, but not the 32-bit version.  The i386 channel does, however,
>>>>>>> have the 32-bit version of the bzip2-devel RPM.  I've noticed that in
>>>>>>> other cases (zlib-devel, for instance), both versions are available
>>>>>>> through the x86_64 channel.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     Question:  How can we get RedHat to add the 32-bit bzip2-devel
>>>>>>> RPM to the "Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 for 64-bit AMD64/Intel
>>>>>>> EM64T)" channel?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> rhn-list mailing list
>>>>>>> rhn-list@redhat.com
>>>>>>> http://post-office.corp.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-list
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>           
>>>>>     
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>
>>>
>
>
>-- 
>Daniel Mach <dmach@redhat.com>
>Release Engineering, Red Hat
>

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