I just noticed a comment was posted on 2001-08-15 to the LSB tracking task on this subject, that a post to fhs-discuss gave the solution to the question of where ia32 vs ia64 libs should be placed. `The /lib directory on x86 and IA64 will always contain the 32bit libraries. IA64 systems should put their libraries in /lib64.' "This way we don't need any special install hooks in the system, installer, and package. It's all hardcoded." The description above are a paraphrase and direct quote from the post to LSB task number 32642 that was used to track what should be done for LSB compatibility. Doug David Mosberger wrote: > > >>>>> On 10 Sep 2001 21:30:02 -0700, Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> said: > > Uli> David Mosberger <davidm@hpl.hp.com> writes: > >> As far as I can see, neither LSB nor FHS address the issue of > >> where to place emulation files, so I'll propose a prefix of > >> "/emul/ia32-linux/" as a starter. Any objections? > > Uli> Not that I care, but this is clearly a place for a new /proc > Uli> entry which can be changed by the sysadmin. > > I'd have thought that this should be treated like "/": an unchanging > prefix. Mount, symlinks, and chroot are your friend. Making it > variable makes installation harder, as others have pointed out. But > it's not like I care a whole lot (as long as ia64 kernel performance > isn't impacted noticably). > > --david > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-IA64 mailing list > Linux-IA64@linuxia64.org > http://lists.linuxia64.org/lists/listinfo/linux-ia64 -- Douglas B. Beattie ------------------ Linux Test Architect - Caldera, Inc. dbb@caldera.comReceived on Fri Sep 14 07:31:14 2001
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