Bug#535515: Please add /lib32 and /usr/lib32 on i386
tag 535515 + wontfix
thanks
On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 11:06:27PM +0200, Goswin Brederlow wrote:
> Package: libc6
> Version: 2.9-18
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Hi,
>
> libraries like libX11.so.6.2.0 look for locales in
> /usr/lib/X11/locale. Other libraries look for plugins in
> /usr/lib/package. It would be nice if those packages could be compiled
> to use /usr/lib32/X11/locale and /usr/lib32/package on i386 so the
> same binary will run on i386 and amd64. This would be much simpler
> than adding support to use both lib and lib32 to various programs.
>
While the link can clearly be added, I am not sure it is a good idea to
change packages to use /usr/lib32 instead of /usr/lib. This will break
compatibility with other distributions.
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