On Thursday 10 August 2006 15:42, Kevin F. Quinn wrote: > On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:26:10 -0500 > > Mike Doty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Donnie Berkholz wrote: > > > Olivier Crete wrote: > > > It makes sense that you wouldn't want these binary packages going > > > into /lib32 or /usr/lib32, but /emul seems like an odd choice > > > compared to something like /opt/lib32. > > I though exactly this when I saw SpanKY's query. Having a directory in > '/' is not pretty.
it doesnt matter whether it's in /emul or /opt or /fooie, if it isnt in the system lib32 paths, it's going to be a pita using the system lib32 paths allows the compiler/linker/loader to automatically locate the libraries > More generally we have varying approaches to pre-built packages; > app-office/openoffice-bin installs to /usr for example, while > mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin and www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin > install to /opt. which is broken ... OOo-bin should be in /opt ... -mike
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