Re: there is /usr/lib64 symlink but no /usr/local/lib64

[Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>]

Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com> writes:

> 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
> /usr/lib64 -> /usr/lib
>
> but no similar one for /usr/local/lib64, so that directory
> /usr/local/lib64 gets created if anyone (with enough rights) does 'make
> install' pointing there; and we do not include /usr/local/lib64 into ldconfig
> path (by default), so those libraries 'get lost'
>
> aren't we diverging from FHS:
>
> If directories /lib<qual> or /usr/lib<qual> exist, the equivalent directories must also exist in /usr/local.
>
> ?

No reason and yes.

MfG
        Goswin