On 14/06/2020 15:25, David C. Rankin wrote:
On 06/14/2020 11:41 AM, Anton Aylward wrote:
The question then becomes "Do you really need a 32-but application?"
(I suppose you could make this generic: if you are using zypper and other CLI do you really need Yast? Then do you really need Ruby? If your web subsystem uses python do you really need perl? And for those of us that grew up with UNIX V7 on the memory and disk challenged PDP-11 working with Henry Spenser, if you can do it with a shell script do you really need the (resource consuming) compiled binary?)
Sometimes I DO want various 32-but libraries so I can use a 32-bit gcc build target when building various applications (or just answering 32-bit questions on StackOverflow). But I don't want every 32-bit package automatically selected for install if I choose one or two 32-bit libs to install.
I guess that is basically what the solver is doing. Says "guy wants one 32-bit lib, so he must want them ALL..." I hope there is more logic to it than that, but that pretty much matches what I see.
I'm not sure of that, but then I started from having the 32-bit locked so when I've installed 32-but apps zypper has asked about specific and on the required specific libraries to be unlocked, keeping it minimalist. -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org