On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 11:36:55AM -0700, Sean Whitton wrote:
> diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
> index b8db0ab..d0baa1b 100644
> --- a/policy.sgml
> +++ b/policy.sgml
> @@ -7697,8 +7697,9 @@ strip --strip-unneeded <var>your-lib</var>
>         Shared object files (often <file>.so</file> files) that are not
>         public libraries, that is, they are not meant to be linked
>         to by third party executables (binaries of other packages),
> -       should be installed in subdirectories of the
> -       <file>/usr/lib</file> directory.  Such files are exempt from the
> +       should be installed in subdirectories of the <file>/usr/lib</file>
> +       or <file>/usr/lib/<var>triplet</var></file> directories (see
> +       <ref id="fhs"> for a definition).  Such files are exempt from the
>         rules that govern ordinary shared libraries, except that
>         they must not be installed executable and should be
>         stripped.<footnote>

Seconded.


Triviality: could you please (in the changelog, upgrading checklist,
etc) word this change to mean "allow private libraries to be placed in a
multiarch location" rather than "disallow private libraries to be places
directly under /usr/lib/<triplet>" which very weirdly seemed to be what
most of the mails in this bug are about?

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