> > There's also a theoretical problem.  Probably no such thing really
> > exists, but let's say we have Solaris libfoo in /usr/lib and
> > GNU libfoo, which is implemented in c++.  Which build goes
> > into /usr/gnu/lib g++ or Forte?  Where do we put the other one?
> 
>   It doesn't solve the two-by-two case, true.  Is there an example of
>   this you can think of?  

Nope.  Like I said, it's unlikely to exist.
So I'm fine with /usr/gnu if everyone (well, PSARC) thinks
it's okay.

>   (Another approach would be to not use
>   directories, but a filename convention, like libgtkmm_abi2 (as was
>   done for hardware capabilities in libc).)

A directory based approach is a lot easier to implement and use.

Laca



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