[arch-multilib] gcc-libs-multilib should not replace gcc-libs

Thomas Bächler thomas at archlinux.org
Fri Aug 27 06:48:55 EDT 2010


Am 27.08.2010 08:38, schrieb Pierre Schmitz:
> Hi all,
> 
> I just noticed that gcc-libs-multilib replaces and provides gcc-libs. I
> would prefer if this package would just provide those files in
> /usr/lib32 and not replace a core package. 

There is no replaces tag.

> The disadvantages of the
> current package are that systems might break if gcc in core/testing is
> newer and its more difficult to remove the multilib packages. I see that
> this is a bigger problem for gcc itself; but this wont be installed by
> the average user anyway and only in the build chroot.

Looks difficult and inconsistent to me. We might consider it though.

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