On Fri, Feb 04, 2011 at 07:02:33PM +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > ]] Yaroslav Halchenko > | please do not slap me too hard (only so that I feel your warm carrying > | touch): > | is there a rationale for: on amd64 Debian systems having > | /lib64 -> /lib > Yes, it's required by the ABI, unfortunately. > | /usr/lib64 -> /usr/lib > Not really, apart from some broken software that will look for stuff > there and be confused if it doesn't exist. I think we should drop it. How do we square that with the FHS, then? The FHS says: If directories /lib<qual> or /usr/lib<qual> exist, the equivalent directories must also exist in /usr/local. That seems to require /usr/local/lib64 even if we *don't* include /usr/lib64, right? Should we amend policy to take this exception to the FHS? Please open a bug report on policy if you think we should. /me goes back to making lib64 obsolete ;) -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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