[elrepo-devel] 64-bit nvidia-x11-drv pulls 32-bit deps

[Phil Perry]

Phil Perry wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> The following came up on the CentOS forums recently:
> 
> https://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=22384&start=42
> 
> /quote
> 
> 1. yum install kmod-nvidia-190.42-1.el5.elrepo.x86_64 pulls in
> nvidia-x11-drv-190.42-1.el5.elrepo.x86_64 as expected,
> BUT nvidia-x11-drv requires:
> 
> libgcc-4.1.2-46.el5_4.1.i386
> glibc-2.5-42.i686
> libXau-1.0.1-3.1.i386
> zlib-1.2.3-3.i386
> libXdmcp-1.0.1-2.1.i386
> libX11-1.0.3-11.el5.i386
> libXext-1.0.1-2.1.i386
> 
> Which is a result of nvidia-x11-drv containing both 32 and 64 bit libs.
> cf. Nvidia 64-bit package installer asks whether 32-bit support is desired.
> 
> end quote/
> 
> 
> I chose to include the nvidia 32-bit libs as part of the x86_64 package 
> mainly because RHEL includes 32-bit GUI bits (gnome/KDE) by default on 
> x86_64 installs, so I thought they might be needed.
> 
> However, it seems only a few corner cases actually *need* these 32-bit 
> libs (some 32-bit games like doom/quake, and things like wine).
> 
> I note rpmforge, for it's dkms nvidia driver, has separated the 32-bit 
> libs out into a separate sub-package:
> 
> dkms-nvidia-x11-drv.x86_64               185.18.14-1.nodist.rf
> dkms-nvidia-x11-drv-32bit.x86_64         185.18.14-1.nodist.rf
> 
> ref: 
> http://lists.freshrpms.net/pipermail/freshrpms-list/2007-July/014783.html
> 
> That's one way we could handle it - any thoughts on other alternatives 
> or is that the best method?
> 


This has now been done for the latest stable release (190.53). The 
32-bit libs have been split out into a separate sub-package on x86_64:

kmod-nvidia-190.53-1.el5.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
nvidia-x11-drv-190.53-1.el5.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
nvidia-x11-drv-32bit-190.53-1.el5.elrepo.x86_64.rpm

Thanks.