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Bug#636383: debian-policy: 10.2 and others: private libraries may also be multi-arch-ified



control: tag -1 +patch

Hello,

On Sun, Dec 04, 2011 at 04:33:56PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> How about the attached patch ?  Do you think it is clear enough that
> <file>/usr/lib/<var>triplet</var></file> is not allowed ?

Seconded:

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index b8db0ab..d0baa1b 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -7697,8 +7697,9 @@ strip --strip-unneeded <var>your-lib</var>
 	  Shared object files (often <file>.so</file> files) that are not
 	  public libraries, that is, they are not meant to be linked
 	  to by third party executables (binaries of other packages),
-	  should be installed in subdirectories of the
-	  <file>/usr/lib</file> directory.  Such files are exempt from the
+	  should be installed in subdirectories of the <file>/usr/lib</file>
+	  or <file>/usr/lib/<var>triplet</var></file> directories (see
+	  <ref id="fhs"> for a definition).  Such files are exempt from the
 	  rules that govern ordinary shared libraries, except that
 	  they must not be installed executable and should be
 	  stripped.<footnote>

Jonathan, I take it from your reply that you also second this?

-- 
Sean Whitton

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