Description of problem: Package python-2.4-6.i386.rpm vanished from (well, never showed up in) x86_64 packages and does not look so far that it is coming back. There is a catch. # rpm -e --test python.i386 error: Failed dependencies: libpython2.4.so.1.0 is needed by (installed) openoffice.org-libs-1.1.3-6.7.0.i386 'openoffice' is still there so python.i386 cannot be de-installed. OTOH yum refuses to update only x86_64 python packages. Maybe this is a problem in yum but one ends up with: .... ---> Package python-devel.x86_64 0:2.4-6 set to be updated ---> Package python.x86_64 0:2.4-6 set to be updated .... Error: Unable to satisfy dependencies Error: Package python-devel needs python < 2.4-6, this is not available. Adding python-2.4-6.i386.rpm to the mix allows to proceed with updates. In any case it is needed if we do not want to get out of sync. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): python-2.4-6
I cannot seem to find a trace of openoffice.org-libs-1.1.3-6.7.0.i386 - but the requirement on libpython is weird. Can you please paste the output of: rpm -qi openoffice.org-libs
That package in the meantime got superceded by redone in a different way packages from openoffice.org-1.9.89 series and 'openoffice.org-pyuno', which now provides Python bindings, does seem to be satisfied by an existence of 'python.x86_64'. I am not entirely sure if this is indeed correct but at this moment there are no complaints about missing dependencies. OTOH on FC3 installation, where openoffice.org-libs-1.1.3-9.5.0.fc3 still does exitst, a command 'rpm -qR openoffice.org-libs | grep py' prints: libpython.so.2 libpyuno.so although there both of these are supplied by openoffice.org-libs itself and a dependency on /usr/lib/libpython2.* does not seem to be present.
OK, please feel free to reopen this bug if it still occurs.
The final irony is that openoffice.org-pyuno-1.9.89-5 has python.i386 in its requirements and corresponding packages showed up in x86_64 set again. :-)