On Fri, Sep 04 2009, Steve Langasek wrote:
> ---
> policy.sgml | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
> index 0bf8253..347c0bf 100644
> --- a/policy.sgml
> +++ b/policy.sgml
> @@ -5584,6 +5584,40 @@ libbar 1 bar1 (>= 1.0-1)
> </item>
> <item>
> <p>
> + The requirement for object files, internal binaries, and
> + libraries, including <file>libc.so.*</file>, to be located
> + directly under <file>/lib{,32}</file> and
> + <file>/usr/lib{,32}</file> is amended, permitting files
> + to instead be installed to
> + <file>/lib/<var>triplet</var></file> and
> + <file>/usr/lib/<var>triplet</var></file>, where
> + <tt><var>triplet</var></tt> is the value returned by
> + <tt>dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE</tt> for the
> + architecture of the package. Packages may <em>not</em>
> + install files to any <var>triplet</var> path other
> + than the one matching the architecture of that package;
> + for instance, an <tt>Architecture: amd64</tt> package
> + containing 32-bit x86 libraries may not install these
> + libraries to <file>/usr/lib/i486-linux-gnu</file>.
> + <footnote>
> + This is necessary in order to reserve the directories for
> + use in cross-installation of library packages from other
> + architectures, as part of the planned deployment of
> + <tt>multiarch</tt>.
> + </footnote>
> + </p>
> + <p>
> + Applications may also use a single subdirectory under
> + <file>/usr/lib/<var>triplet</var></file>.
> + </p>
> + <p>
> + The execution time linker/loader, ld*, must still be made
> + available in the existing location under /lib or /lib64
> + since this is part of the ELF ABI for the architecture.
> + </p>
> + </item>
> + <item>
> + <p>
> The requirement that
> <file>/usr/local/share/man</file> be "synonymous"
> with <file>/usr/local/man</file> is relaxed to a
> --
> 1.6.3.3
Seconded. This makes three seconds, I'm pushing a bug-branch out
to the git repo.
manoj
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