Grant Grundler <iod00d@hp.com> writes:

> On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 11:33:36PM -0400, Aron Griffis wrote:
>> > So I guess the question is what would make %%{_lib} be defined as lib64.
>> 
>> Right, that's why I suggested it appears they're preparing for the
>> transition. 
>
> "the transition" might be necessary to support x86_64.
> Ie most of user space is 32-bit (using /lib) but some apps
> will run substantially better as native x86_64 binaries.

Just a clarification: AMD64 [1] has most of user space 64-bit.  Only a
few applications are 32-bit - but this lib/lib64 is the best way to
handle 32-bit packages (no need to change files).

> Moving to lib32 and lib64 makes sense in that environment.

Not lib32, just lib.

Andreas

Footnotes: 
[1]  at least the SUSE distribution but I assume others as well.

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