David Bremner <[email protected]> writes:
> On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:40:54 -0700, Russ Allbery <[email protected]> wrote:

>> On Debian, you should always install into lib and never use lib64.
>> (Eventually, you may want to use the multiarch directory, but it will
>> still not be lib64.)

> That was my first thought, but I couldn't find a straightforward
> justification in

>   http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html#s-fhs

> I wonder if a slight clarification is needed, or it's just me.

9.1.1 point 2:

    The requirement for amd64 to use /lib64 for 64 bit binaries is
    removed.

Also note that /usr/lib64 is just a symlink to /usr/lib on Debian systems.

-- 
Russ Allbery ([email protected])               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>


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