On 23 May 2013 14:58, Richard W.M. Jones <rjo...@redhat.com> wrote: > Debian (since 7?) has settled on using subdirectories of /usr/lib for > different architectures. See: > > http://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch > > It supports more than just "64 bit or not", such as different kernels, > different endianness, and different instruction set extensions. > > There's a link which explains better than I can why they did it: > > http://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/TheCaseForMultiarch >
Thanks for the links. I'm not the best person to judge, but it looks overcomplicated to me. For sure existing commercial binary packages shipped in RPM format will have a lot of problems. Thanks, --Simone -- You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore (R. W. Emerson). http://xkcd.com/229/
-- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
