Re: there is /usr/lib64 symlink but no /usr/local/lib64
On 2011-02-04 19:02:33 +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> ]] Yaroslav Halchenko
> | /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.
Thanks would be a good thing. Otherwise users should either avoid
upstream GCC's or add similar symbolic links for every directory
(e.g. $HOME/lib64 -> $HOME/lib if the user installs software in
his home directory). FYI, here's the problem I had under Debian
because of this symbolic link:
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-help/2010-11/msg00341.html
(and followups)
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