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Re: A problem I can't solve



"M.C. Vernon" <mcv21@cus.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> > Well, it would seem heretical to infect a Hurd-specific part of glibc
> > with the string "/usr", unless perhaps we have vendor=debian.  I vote
> > for /usr/lib -> /lib and crossing our fingers.
> 
> Heresy is often a good thing. I would rather have glibc that will make
> things work without any more symlinks, rather than have /lib -> /usr/lib
> as a hack, which may produce bugs later.
> 
> Matthew

I'm not sure what significance the following has for debian-hurd, but
it can't hurt my argument :) so I'll mention it:  Solaris has /lib as
a symlink to ./usr/lib .

-John


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