On Thu, May 08, 2014 at 12:51:05PM -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Bill Allombert wrote:
> > On Thu, May 08, 2014 at 11:15:57AM -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> 
> >> Thanks.  Applied.
> >
> > Well, I was working on a patch that looks like:
> >
> > +                  The requirement for 
> > <file>/usr/local/lib&lt;qual&gt;</file>
> > +                  to exist if <file>/lib&lt;qual&gt</file> or
> > +                  <file>/usr/lib&lt;qual&gt</file> exists (where
> > +                  &lt;qual&gt; is either 32 or 64) is removed.
> >
> > i.e. try to explain what <qual> is.
> 
> FWIW I don't mind if you tweak the wording.
> 
> Unfortunately it's not just <qual> = 32 or 64[1].  Luckily the only
> ones that would be relevant the way Debian uses <qual> are
> 
>  <qual> = 32 (mips, tilegx)
>  <qual> = 64 (mips, powerpc, x86)
>  <qual> = x32 (x86)
> 

However the FHS version mandated by policy does not include libx32,
so it could be argued that there is no need for a FHS exception for
libx32.

> from https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/ABIList.

Thanks for the link.

> > (Also I do not remember having seconded the patch, but it do not matter.)
> 
> http://bugs.debian.org/613143#22

Indeed!

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballo...@debian.org>

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