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From: David Mosberger <davidm@hpl.hp.com>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] Location of absolute IA32 shared objects.
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 15:51:34 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-ia64-105590698805183@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-ia64-105590698805122@msgid-missing>

>>>>> On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 08:30:22 -0600, Doug Beattie <dbb@caldera.com> said:

  Doug> I just noticed a comment was posted on 2001-08-15 to the LSB
  Doug> tracking task on this subject, that a post to fhs-discuss gave
  Doug> the solution to the question of where ia32 vs ia64 libs should
  Doug> be placed.

  Doug> `The /lib directory on x86 and IA64 will always contain the
  Doug> 32bit libraries. IA64 systems should put their libraries in
  Doug> /lib64.' "This way we don't need any special install hooks in
  Doug> the system, installer, and package. It's all hardcoded."

  Doug> The description above are a paraphrase and direct quote from
  Doug> the post to LSB task number 32642 that was used to track what
  Doug> should be done for LSB compatibility.

And we already have discussed this option on the ia64 lists a long
time ago and we rejected it due to source compatibility issues.  /lib
and /usr/lib must contain the native libraries, period.

	--david


  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-09-14 15:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-09-05 17:26 [Linux-ia64] Location of absolute IA32 shared objects Don Dugger
2001-09-05 20:47 ` Christoph Hellwig
2001-09-05 20:53 ` Don Dugger
2001-09-11  4:11 ` David Mosberger
2001-09-11  4:30 ` Ulrich Drepper
2001-09-11 10:26 ` Christoph Hellwig
2001-09-11 11:25 ` Mark Goodwin
2001-09-12 11:58 ` Christoph Hellwig
2001-09-13 19:52 ` David Mosberger
2001-09-14 14:30 ` Doug Beattie
2001-09-14 15:51 ` David Mosberger [this message]
2001-09-14 21:26 ` Dugger's
2001-09-17 20:33 ` David Mosberger
2001-09-18  8:05 ` Jes Sorensen

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