After some more experimentation, I seem to have found the solution: I need to place `-L/usr/lib64 -L/usr/lib' in the LDFLAGS variable of the program to be built. Then, I get the expected behavior (libraries in /usr/lib do not interfere with those in /usr/lib64). Thanks for helping. Regards Bernd
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