On Tue, 2005-02-22 at 00:26 +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have what I consider the best evidence yet that lib being the 32-bit > > area is better. > > [...] > > So the debate is between practical considerations such as you describe, on > the one hand, and the plain logical conclusion that, on the amd64 > platform, /lib is the natural place for 64-bit libraries, the 32-bit ones > being of the nature of a kludge to get outdated software to work, on the > other. Bearing in mind that I have not been confronted to any of these issues, I can't think of a reason why a piece of software should rely on hard-coded paths. Therefore they should all be fixed and made to work wherever they're told or worked around - being the exception, this shouldn't influence the decision.
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