On Thursday 06 September 2007 23:07, Marc Schiffbauer wrote: > * Kern Sibbald schrieb am 06.09.07 um 08:23 Uhr: > > On Thursday 06 September 2007 02:21, Marc Schiffbauer wrote: > > > * Kern Sibbald schrieb am 05.09.07 um 21:48 Uhr: > > > > > Do you think that we can use something like test -f > > > > > /usr/xxx/lib/libsqlite.a instead of test -d /usr/xxx/lib ? > > > > > > > > Yes, of course we can fix it. Indeed when I was programming the 64 > > > > bit tests, I noticed this problem. However, there are way more things > > > > than I can possibly do. Making changes such as that take a *huge* > > > > amount of time to implement and test, and all because of a directory > > > > that should not be there. So, I'll be happy to accept a patch, > > > > provided it is *very* well tested under all kinds of circumstances. > > > > > > > > Personally, I think it far easier to delete such directories > > > > A /usr/local/lib64 (IMO) should exist only on a 64 bit machine and > > > > should be populated. > > > > > > Kern, there *are* packages on a debian 32-bit system that have files > > > in a lib64 directory. > > > > On a 32 bit system, having such a library will only confuse things. I > > personally would complain to the packagers and then delete it. If > > someone wants to send a patch that will fix the problem, I'll be happy to > > integrate it. However, the patch needs to be tested on a number of > > systems to ensure that it works correctly. > > Did you oversee Eric's patch? Just to be sure...
I saw Eric's patch, but I had a few questions about it that I imagine he is looking into. Fixing these kinds of things are rarely as trivial as most people seem to think and tend to end up costing us a huge amount of time. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
