#12131: $SAGE_LOCAL/lib and lib64
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   Reporter:  vbraun  |          Owner:  GeorgSWeber
       Type:  defect  |         Status:  new        
   Priority:  major   |      Milestone:  sage-4.8   
  Component:  build   |       Keywords:             
Work_issues:          |       Upstream:  N/A        
   Reviewer:          |         Author:             
     Merged:          |   Dependencies:             
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 Some distributions set up autotools to install libraries into
 `%{prefix}/lib64`, which breaks Sage's assumption that libraries are
 installed in `$SAGE_LOCAL/lib`. In particular, !OpenSuse64 according to
 this thread https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sage-devel/LS-
 u8E77NJQ/discussion

 It seems like we have two options:
   * Always call `./configure --libdir='${prefix}/lib'` to explicitly
 specify the library directory, or
   * Set up a symlink `$SAGE_LOCAL/lib64` -> `$SAGE_LOCAL/lib`.

 The symlink is the lazy thing to do but will probably break again with the
 next architectural change. Fixing the configure call seems the right thing
 to do but will need some work to patch up all spkgs.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/12131>
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