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Re: Get rid of the lib64 dir?



* Andreas Jochens (aj@andaco.de) wrote:
> This could easily be changed to '/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2' or 
> something else. However, as I understand it, the current 

Erm, AIUI you'd have to recompile everything if you change the location
of the interpreter.

> FHS/LSB standards require the 64bit program interpreter to be in 
> '/lib64'. But this will certainly change once the FHS and LSB 
> implement the multiarch proposal. Maybe we should make a real 

Erm, that assumes they will.  I wouldn't exactly bet on it. :)

> '/lib64' directory (not a symlink to '/lib') with just a symlink to the 
> program interpreter in it to conform with the standards - at least until 
> the standards have been adapted to multiarch.

How does making the actual interpreter a symlink satisfy the standard
where having the directory symlink'd doesn't?

	Stephen

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