On 12/20/2010 07:59 AM, Bruce Korb wrote:
Hi Andy, Ralf, et al.,
On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 6:23 AM, Andy Wingo<address@hidden> wrote:
How much understanding of the machinery should be expected
of the hapless project builder?
I'm not sure, but: .....
I am sure of this: It needs to be minimized. If there are insurmountable
problems in figuring out that the lib directory is /usr/lib64,
then the builder has to supply it. I really doubt it is that hard to
figure out though.
If a distro insists on shipping 64-bit libraries under /usr/lib64, then
it would be in the distro's best interest to also ship a config.site
variable that defaults --libdir to the appropriate /usr/lib64 location.