Re: Thinking forward LFS-7.0

2011-03-15 Thread DJ Lucas
On 03/14/2011 08:56 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > I've read about 15 messages on this topic and will try to incorporate > the relevant areas in my response. Thanks. > Ken Moffat wrote: >> On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 11:39:04PM -0500, DJ Lucas wrote: >>> Okay, so I was just thinking... >>> help us! I

Re: Thinking forward LFS-7.0

2011-03-15 Thread Andrew Benton
On Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:50:28 -0500 DJ Lucas wrote: > On 03/14/2011 08:56 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > The only reason > > for lib64 to exist is for those proprietary packages that have not been > > updated for 64-bit operation. > Did you mean /lib containing 32bit libs? /lib64 we don't really have a

Re: Thinking forward LFS-7.0

2011-03-15 Thread DJ Lucas
Andrew Benton wrote: > >What would it take to compile a 64 bit system without the /lib >=> /lib64 symlink (i.e, with the libs installed into /lib and >no /lib64)? Obviously, it works as it is, it just looks like an ugly >hack. I'd much rather (for aesthetic reasons) do away with >{/usr,}/lib64 if

Re: Thinking forward LFS-7.0

2011-03-15 Thread Nathan Coulson
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 8:35 AM, DJ Lucas wrote: > Andrew Benton wrote: > > > > >What would it take to compile a 64 bit system without the /lib > >=> /lib64 symlink (i.e, with the libs installed into /lib and > >no /lib64)? Obviously, it works as it is, it just looks like an ugly > >hack. I'd mu