On Wednesday, 16 May 2012 20:18:28 UTC+2, Stephen J. wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm in a situation where I need to install/manage both the 32-bit and
> 64-bit versions of a package. Anyone have any tips on doing this? What I've
> got now, is something like this:
>
> class install32 {
> package { 'freetype.i686':
> ensure => latest,
> require => Class['install64'],
> }
> }
>
> class install64 {
> package { 'freetype.x86_64':
> ensure => latest,
> }
> }
>
> What happens, is when a newer version of the 64-bit version becomes
> available, it tries to install it, and I see an error like this:
> > err: /Stage[main]/Programs::Install64/Package[freetype.x86_64]/ensure:
> change from 2.3.11-6.el6_1.8 to 0:2.3.11-6.el6_2.9 failed: Could not
> update: Execution of '/usr/bin/yum -d 0 -e 0 -y install freetype.x86_64'
> returned 1: Error: Protected multilib versions:
> freetype-2.3.11-6.el6_2.9.x86_64 != freetype-2.3.11-6.el6_1.8.i686
>
> What I gather, is that it's not letting me update the 64-bit one, since it
> wants the 32 and 64-bit versions to match.
>
> I've tried ONLY managing the 32-bit version, to see if if will install the
> 64-bit one as a dependency for me, but I end up seeing the same multilib
> error, just in the reverse direction :(
>
>
Who is releasing 32 bit and 64 bit packages out of step? They have to
released at the same time else you see the problems you are seeing.
not a puppet problem, a vanilla yum or rpm also fails with this.
Steve.
> Any help getting me back on track is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> -Steve
>
>
>
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