Ken Moffat wrote: > On Fri, 28 Oct 2005, Duncan Webb wrote: > >>>> Question is: >>>> 1) should a symlink from /usr/lib to /usr/lib64 be created in the >>>> section Creating Directories in chapters 7 & 8 >> >> >> I agree that xorg is a BLFS support issue and that deals with case 2. >> >> Case 1 is a bit like /usr/man link to /usr/share/man, which is a LFS >> cross issue. >> >> That's why I posted it here. >> > > Should be fixed by building X.org with the correct #defines. AFAIK, > only X is affected - nothing else should need /usr/lib64 on a pure64 > system. No doubt there are some minority applications out there that > also think x86_64 must use /usr/lib64, patch them if you come across them.
Xorg is due to release 7.0 in December. This change to a modular system will will be a significant departure from the current methodology. I wouldn't put a whole lot of work into this right now. I'd recommend just using the defines specified earlier for now. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
