On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 09:49:25PM +0200, Frans de Boer wrote: > Ok, my mistake: lib64 contains some links, I found out how to eliminate the > use of lib64 at all. From your next paragraph, you eliminated the use of lib. > > The case of using lib64 instead of lib required some more work since many > packages use hard-coded references to lib. Since the FHS does not mandate > the use of lib - it's in fact optional if using lib64/32 - I tried to find a > way to create a system without the use of lib, but instead use lib64 or > lib32 only. In that way the system is aware again of its architecture > instead of using the antiquated - but historical grown - lib directory. > No worry, the architectural independent /var/lib is still there. > > --- Frans.
If you are building on biarch multilib, lib32 instead of lib may have some merit and lib64 is presumably required. But on x86_64 I do not think many people need multilib, and you lose the benefit of 99% of packages which use a lib directory defaulting to lib. I suppose you put --libdir=something and -m32 or -m64 in some standard variables when you compile. On systems which are not multilib, it seems a lot of trouble to go to. And I don't think your system has awareness of anything, but you as the sysadmin may find it helps to know whether it is 32-bit or 64-bit. I guess that depends on how many systems you are trying to keep track of ;-) I've now essentially stopped building 32-bit, but for some years I did build both x86_64 and some i686 in LFS - and my buildscripts didn't need to care about the libdir name. Except for nss, I think. Your system, your rules. Enjoy it. ĸen -- Error: ( : 1) not enough arguments Don't you just love Tiny scheme ? -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
