Bug#630174: debian-policy: forbid installation into /lib64
On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 02:01:13PM +0500, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 12:45:25AM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote:
> > This is the relevant part of the FHS (ill-advised imho, but required by the LSB):
> >
> > -------------------------------------
> >
> > 6.1.5. /lib64 and /lib32 : 64/32-bit libraries (architecture dependent)
> >
> > The 64-bit architectures PPC64, s390x, sparc64 and AMD64 must place 64-bit
> > libraries in /lib64, and 32-bit (or 31-bit on s390) libraries in /lib.
> > The 64-bit architecture IA64 must place 64-bit libraries in /lib.
> >
> > Rationale:
> >
> > This is a refinement of the general rules for /lib<qual> and /usr/lib<qual>. The architectures PPC64, s390x, sparc64 and AMD64 support support both 32-bit (for s390 more precise 31-bit) and 64-bit programs.
> > Using lib for 32-bit binaries allows existing binaries from the 32-bit
> > systems to work without any changes: such binaries are expected to be numerous.
> > IA-64 uses a different scheme, reflecting the deprecation of 32-bit binaries
> > (and hence libraries) on that architecture.
> >
> > -------------------------------------
> >
> > Of the five architectures mentioned above, only two are supported by full Debian
> > distributions: ia64 and amd64. (full support for s390x might appear in the future).
> > Since ia64 is listed as an exception, only amd64 is concerned by this FHS part.
> > (Note that the FHS ignores alpha and hppa64)
> >
> > As far as Debian is concerned /lib32 and /lib64 are wart necessary for binary compatibility
> > with other systems.
> Should we close this then?
We should document that to prevent /lib64 to be used for wrong purpose.
> In any case I'm not quite sure whether shipping files in lib64 in amd64
> packages (juffed/juffed-dev and zynaddsubfx-dssi do this now) is OK.
I only found
zynaddsubfx-dssi: /usr/lib64/dssi/libzynaddsubfx_dssi.so
which I think is a RC bug.
But note that this bug is about /lib64, not /usr/lib64
Cheers,
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Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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