glibc-localedb-all for i686 and x86_64

Jeffrey Johnson n3npq at me.com
Mon Jun 23 17:00:57 CEST 2014


On Jun 23, 2014, at 10:54 AM, Jacek Konieczny <jajcus at jajcus.net> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> There is a problem with locale files on multiarch systems.
> 
> [jajcus at jajo ~]$ rpm -ql glibc-localedb-all-2.19-2.i686
> /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive
> [jajcus at jajo ~]$ rpm -ql glibc-localedb-all-2.19-2.x86_64
> /usr/lib64/locale/locale-archive
> 
> One is used by 32-bit binaries and the other by 64-bit binaries. The
> problem is when installing one with poldek, then the other one is
> un-installed. I had to use:
> 
>  just-install glibc-localedb-all-2.19-2.i686 --force
> 
> to have locale data available to both 32- and 64-bit binaries.
> 
> Why is one arch package replacing the other in this case? Shouldn't we
> fix that?
> 

The deeper question is

	Why is the localedb arch dependent?

Fix the localedb implementation and you won’t have to worry
about package replacement.

73 de Jeff
> Greets,
> 	Jacek
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