Re: [x86-64] Re: AMD64 and lib64
On Wed, 7 Jul 2004, Chris Cheney wrote:
> Something that you also fail to mention that I don't see mentioned yet
> in this thread is this.
just because it's not in this thread doesn't mean it hasn't been discussed
ad infiniteum on this list (as you surely know).
> If you notice "lib64" archs aren't for the most part supported in
> Debian or for that matter in other dists either.
I beg to differ. Most non-debian MIPS distributions support all *three* of
/lib, /lib32, and /lib64, for example. RedHat sparc (while it
was an official product) definitely supported /lib and /lib64. Etc Etc.
> installing into either lib/lib64. Instead multiarch was seen as a better
> solution to implement since it deals with other cases such as mips
> having three subarchs, etc.
sure, sure. the problem is that debian packaging tools were broken.
granted.
but that doesn't automagically mean that compatibility with "the usual way
of doing things" is always a bad idea, just because our tools made it
hard.
For the record, I think that the 'pure64' approach was definitely the
right one, as it restarted development which had been stalled by dpkg
issues. But I would hope that compatibility with the rest of the linux
world is kept in mind as we look to the future, instead of just dismissing
accepted standards as some "wart of history".
--scott
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