Re: who did define x86_64 in LSB?

[GOTO Masanori <gotom@debian.or.jp>]

Thanks to all answers, I see the proper reason.

At Wed, 16 Jun 2004 09:48:02 +0300,
Alexander Rapp wrote:
> x86-64 creates problems because x86-64-pc-linux matches x86-*-linux, 
> which would cause many build scripts to think they were on regular x86 
> and build accordingly.  x86_64 is somewhat rpm-driven, in that clearly 
> nobody thought about the meaning of _ in debian.  Also, if I recall 
> correctly more recent LSB documents refer to the architecture as "amd64" 
> rather than "x86_64" or similar.

It's interesting.  Does this mean LSB will describe amd64 package name
as both "amd64" and "x86_64" at the same time?  Or only "amd64"?

Regards,
-- gotom