Description of problem: I have a Fedora 7 x86_64 install with no .i[3-6]86 packages installed. When I try to install Democracy.x86_64 it pulls in firefox.i386 and with that maybe a hundred other .i[3-6]86 packages. The message in 'yum install' is --> Processing Dependency: firefox = 2.0.0.3 for package: Democracy and the package I try to install is Democracy.x86_64 version 0.9.5.1-8.fc7 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): (above) How reproducible: Every time. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Do 'yum install Democracy.x86_64' on a 64 bit clean f7 install 2. 3. Actual results: yum pulls in tons of .i[3-6]86 packages, the first being firefox. Expected results: Only installing x86_64 dependencies. AFAIK, there is no functional difference between firefox.i386 and firefox.x86_64, except for some plugin issues, and therefore no reason for this behaviour? Additional info:
The output from attempting an install # yum install Democracy Loading "fastestmirror" plugin Loading "kernel-module" plugin Loading "installonlyn" plugin Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile Setting up Install Process Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package Democracy.x86_64 0:0.9.5.1-8.fc7 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: firefox = 2.0.0.3 for package: Democracy --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. --> Running transaction check ---> Package firefox.i386 0:2.0.0.3-4.fc7 set to be updated [ ... lots of firefox dependencies deleted ...] Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 76 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 57 M Is this ok [y/N]: n
Democracy.x86_64 0:0.9.5.1-10.fc7 now install cleanly (against firefox.x86_64 2.0.0.4-2.fc7). Thanks.