By the time you get to Chapter 6, the host system doesn't matter any more: it provides a running kernel for you - the toolchain and the libraries are handled by the temporary system that is the general focus (read: "the whole point") of Chapter 5. Whether you get a pure 64 bit system, and where stuff ends up, depends entirely on the capabilities of the temporary system (which can do 64 bit, else 64-bit LFS wouldn't exist), and on your compiler options. So basically, as long as the host meets the prerequisites mentioned in the book, I think it should be able to give you a pure 64 bit system. If you're realy worried about things ending up in /lib64, pass --libdir=(prefix)/lib (substituting (prefix) manually) to ./configure .
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