Re: URGENT [PROPOSAL] V3: lsb lib and lsb loader location (also IA64)
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Christopher Yeoh wrote:
> Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 10:44:14 +1000
> From: Christopher Yeoh <cyeoh@samba.org>
> To: Johannes Poehlmann <jhp@caldera.de>
> Cc: rusty@rustcorp.com.au, quinlan@transmeta.com, gk4@us.ibm.com,
> anderson@metrolink.com, fhs-discuss@ucsd.edu,
> lsb-spec@lists.linuxbase.org
> Subject: Re: URGENT [PROPOSAL] V3: lsb lib and lsb loader location (also
> IA64)
> Resent-Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 02:54:59 +0200
> Resent-From: lsb-spec@lists.linuxbase.org
>
> 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).
yes, indeed on ia64 /lib/lsb32 is a better name.
I agree, it's simpler
Luigi
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