Bug 628777

(In reply to comment #0)
> Description of problem:
> 
> As can be seen at 
> 
> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/x86_64/repoview/collectd.html
> 
> the x86_64 arch also contains the i386 package. This means that 

This is a feature, not a bug.

> 
>   yum install collectd
> 
> fails as it tries to install both architectures at once.

Could you please paste the error message (I presume file conflict) here?

Just looking at the spec there's going to be a binary conflict between...

    276 %{_bindir}/collectd-nagios
    277 %{_sbindir}/collectd
    278 %{_sbindir}/collectdmon

And non-binary conflicts with a shedload of config files.

There's no such thing as binary conflict.
Closing due lacking response from reporter.

(In reply to comment #1)
> (In reply to comment #0)
> > Description of problem:
> > 
> > As can be seen at 
> > 
> > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/x86_64/repoview/collectd.html
> > 
> > the x86_64 arch also contains the i386 package. This means that 
> 
> This is a feature, not a bug.

How is that a feature? Why would you want both the i386 package and the x86_64 package in the x86_64 repo. Isn't that what the i386 repo is for?


> >   yum install collectd
> > 
> > fails as it tries to install both architectures at once.
> 
> Could you please paste the error message (I presume file conflict) here?

No it is a dependency problem
johnf@admin01:~$ sudo yum install collectd
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package collectd.i386 0:4.10.0-4.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libssl.so.6 for package: collectd
--> Processing Dependency: libcrypto.so.6 for package: collectd
--> Processing Dependency: libgssapi_krb5.so.2 for package: collectd
--> Processing Dependency: libxml2.so.2 for package: collectd
--> Processing Dependency: libz.so.1 for package: collectd
--> Processing Dependency: libkrb5.so.3 for package: collectd
--> Processing Dependency: libcurl.so.3 for package: collectd
--> Processing Dependency: libk5crypto.so.3 for package: collectd
--> Processing Dependency: libcom_err.so.2 for package: collectd
--> Processing Dependency: libpython2.4.so.1.0 for package: collectd
--> Processing Dependency: libidn.so.11 for package: collectd
---> Package collectd.x86_64 0:4.10.0-4.el5 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
---> Package collectd.i386 0:4.10.0-4.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libpython2.4.so.1.0 for package: collectd
---> Package curl.i386 0:7.15.5-9.el5 set to be updated
---> Package e2fsprogs-libs.i386 0:1.39-23.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libdevmapper.so.1.02 for package: e2fsprogs-libs
--> Processing Dependency: libdevmapper.so.1.02(Base) for package: e2fsprogs-libs
---> Package krb5-libs.i386 0:1.6.1-36.el5_5.5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libkeyutils.so.1 for package: krb5-libs
--> Processing Dependency: libkeyutils.so.1(KEYUTILS_0.3) for package: krb5-libs
--> Processing Dependency: libselinux.so.1 for package: krb5-libs
---> Package libidn.i386 0:0.6.5-1.1 set to be updated
---> Package libxml2.i386 0:2.6.26-2.1.2.8 set to be updated
---> Package openssl.i686 0:0.9.8e-12.el5_4.6 set to be updated
---> Package zlib.i386 0:1.2.3-3 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
---> Package collectd.i386 0:4.10.0-4.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libpython2.4.so.1.0 for package: collectd
---> Package device-mapper.i386 0:1.02.39-1.el5_5.2 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libsepol.so.1 for package: device-mapper
---> Package keyutils-libs.i386 0:1.2-1.el5 set to be updated
---> Package libselinux.i386 0:1.33.4-5.5.el5 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
---> Package collectd.i386 0:4.10.0-4.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libpython2.4.so.1.0 for package: collectd
---> Package libsepol.i386 0:1.15.2-3.el5 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
collectd-4.10.0-4.el5.i386 from epel has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libpython2.4.so.1.0 is needed by package collectd-4.10.0-4.el5.i386 (epel)
Error: Missing Dependency: libpython2.4.so.1.0 is needed by package collectd-4.10.0-4.el5.i386 (epel)
 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
 You could try running: package-cleanup --problems
                        package-cleanup --dupes
                        rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

Missing Dependency: libpython2.4.so.1.0 is needed by package

Okay, this is because 64 bit RHEL *doesn't* include a 32 bit base python

This means that collectd.i386 shouldn't be provided in the EPEL repos...

Neither should two other packages.

Ticket files with Rel-Eng
https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/4130

Not a packaging issue; closing this.

The problem is that the build system has installed python-devel.i386 because both packages are in updates/x86_64/, however if you only installs python-devel.x86_64, collectd will still compile fine and the packages will install right.

I've got a note in with releng now to stop shipping the i386 version of collectd.  https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/4267