[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: 64-bit packaging details



On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 14:06, Juergen Kreileder wrote:
> Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> writes:
> 
> > The /lib64 name is mandated by the ELF ABI, although there
> > are a few exceptions like '/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/3.3/64/'.
> 
> Shouldn't that be '/usr/lib64/gcc-lib/x86_64-linux/3.3/32'?

By-the-by, I happen to think that x86_64 is the worst possible choice of
name from this arch.  Not only does it look bad, but it is also hard to
type on a standard keyboard.  amd64 looks better and can actually be
typed by normal people.

-jwb



Reply to: