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Re: URGENT [PROPOSAL] V3: lsb lib and lsb loader location (also IA64)



Christopher Yeoh wrote:
> 
> Johannes Poehlmann writes:
> 
> >
> >    lsb libraries native for this architecture
> >    runtime  libraries         ->      /lib/lsb
> >    Stub  libraries            ->      /usr/lib/lsb-stub
> >
> >    IA32 emulation libraries on non IA32 systems (IA64)
> >    runtime  libraries ->      /lib/lsb-ia32compat
> >    Stub        libraries      ->      /usr/lib/lsb-stub-ia32compat
> 
> Is there any need to embed the `ia' bit in the name? Why not just
> /lib/lsb32 (or /lib/lsb32compat though I don't think we even need the
> compat suffix). The same directories can then be used for sparc64 and
> ppc64 systems (no need to install both ia32 and ppc32 libraries on the
> same machine).

The Goddess invented SANs for a reason.  Best not upset Her work
by ignoring the differences between Intel and IBM and Sun and ...
architectures.
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