Bug#613143: there is /usr/lib64 symlink but no /usr/local/lib64
On Thu, May 08, 2014 at 09:08:58AM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> ]] Aurelien Jarno
>
> > How can we progress on this bug? We now have bugs #720777, #720778 and
> > #720780 which ask for /usr/lib<qual> to be created if /lib<qual> exists.
> > It's something that can be implemented, but before doing so, I would
> > like to know if a decision has been taken wrt the policy.
>
> I think the whole lib<qual> thing should be avoided and we should nack
> it for any new ports. Ideally, we should also try to get ourselves out
> of the hole we've dug ourselves into.
>
> I don't see anybody being against relaxing the requirement for
> /usr/local/lib<qual> to exist, so we're presumably blocked on more
> seconds.
Indeed, for policy to move forward we need input from knowledgeable developers.
Cheers,
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Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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