Bugs item #1294959, was opened at 2005-09-19 03:05 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1294959&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: None Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Sean Reifschneider (jafo) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: Problems with /usr/lib64 builds. Initial Comment: This is something that's becoming more and more of a problem as more people get systems that run both 32-bit and 64-bit code. There are patches (926209 858809) in the tracker to resolve this issue, I don't know exactly what state they are in. They seem fairly old, one is closed and one is still open. The Fedora RPMs include the following patches for lib64 (attached). Any thoughts on what we need to do to allow building lib64 as a part of the standard release? Or do we just want to wait for these terrible transition days to end and rely on 32+64 packagers to deal with it? Here's a short run-down of the situation: Some systems can run both 32 and 64 bit software. On these systems you *CAN* install a native 64-bit tool-chain, but some people set up both 32 and 64 bit software on these systems for compatibility. You can do 32+64 in a couple of ways, one is to set up a "chroot" environment for the secondary (typically 32-bit) set of libraries and programs. The other is to run the system with 64-bit libraries in /usr/lib64 and 32-bit in /usr/lib (because most software that needs compatibility would be running against /usr/lib, not /usr/lib32). It's a kludge to be sure, but if you need any legacy software that you do not have source for, this is a way of getting 64-bits while still retaining the ability to run 32-bit This is not a problem for systems which only run 64-bit code, nor is it a problem for these 32+64 systems which are running only 64-bit distributions on them. Thoughts? Sean ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1294959&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
