Bug#630174: debian-policy: forbid installation into /lib64
On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 13:49:53 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Currently, section 9.1.1 relaxes the FHS requirement that /lib64 and
> /usr/lib64 be used, but it doesn't prohibit installing files in that
> location. However, due to the way Debian handles this (with symlinks),
> bad things happen in terms of tracking files and conflicts if packages
> install files into /lib64 and /usr/lib64 and rely on these symlinks.
>
> I think we should instead prohibit (must not) installing files into
> /lib64 and /usr/lib64 in packages with architecture amd64.
>
Sounds sensible to me.
Cheers,
Julien
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