Re: pkglibdir vs. lib64

[Eric Blake]

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According to Alfred M. Szmidt on 11/21/2009 6:14 AM:
>    I'm developping plugins that I wish install in
>    /usr/lib/nautilus-actions or /usr/lib64/nautilus-actions
>    depending on the platform.
> 
>    But pkglibdir is resolved to /usr/lib/nautilus-actions
>    both in 32 and 64 bits environments (fedora 11, autoconf 2.63).
> 
> That is as intended, system libraries always go into
> $(exec_prefix)/lib.  If you wish to install them in a different
> directory you will need to specify so during ./configure (see --help
> for available switches).

Or use a config.site file that alters $libdir according to the type of
build being performed, when it detects that --libdir was not explicitly
specified.  The manual has an example exactly for this situation, at the
end of the page:

http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/html_node/Site-Defaults.html#Site-Defaults

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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