From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jes Sorensen Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 08:05:51 +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 >>>>> "Doug" = Doug Beattie writes: 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." It's extremely nice of the FHS people to make such decisions without consulting with the people who actually deals with the architecture in question. Fortunately their silly decision wont have any effect here, native libraries go in /lib and /usr/lib. They will have to change the spec. Keep in mind that ia32 binaries are a compatibility issue not a 'this is what we recommend you use forever on this system' type of thing. Jes