libexo, Paths on amd64

Bernhard Walle bernhard.walle at gmx.de
Tue Nov 1 21:40:23 CET 2005


* Benedikt Meurer [01.11.2005 21:18]:
> Mark Trompell wrote:
>> Hi, is there a reason for installing pyexo.py, pyexo.pyc and pyexo.pyo
>> into /usr/lib/ instead of /usr/lib64/?
>> I use a conary (http://wiki.conary.com)based Linux Distribution and
>> conary prevents packages from installing into /usr/lib and/usr/lib64 at
>> the same time (it even prevents me from building such packages).
>> Just for illustration of my problem I add the output from conary.
>> So if there is no reason for using /usr/lib/ on x86_64 it would be nice
>> if you can change the paths for 0.4.
> 
> I dunno why people prefer to complicate things using lib64 AND lib, 
> rather than using a simple compat directory for 32bit binary 
> compatibility. But whatever...

Because 32 bit binary RPMs (or DEB or whatever) install unmodified.


Regards,
  Bernhard




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