From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Mosberger Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 15:51:34 +0000 Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] Location of absolute IA32 shared objects. Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org >>>>> On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 08:30:22 -0600, Doug Beattie 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