On Nov 14, 2012 10:36 AM, "Rex Dieter" <rdieter(a)math.unl.edu> wrote:
Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
> So what are thoughts on allowing both 32bit and 64bit binaries into
> %{_prefix}/lib if those binaries are not part of a package that will be
> %multilib'd?
Personally, the more i think about it, the more it feels right and makes
sense to allow this. In essence, one can consider non-multilib'd
%_prefix/lib and %_libexecdir content to be equal policy-wise.
I've thought of one technical thing that is lost if we allow this but it
may not be that important. Currently a sysadmin could install packages on
an x86 and then mount the /usr/lib directory on both x86 and x86_64
systems. This is similar to the rationale the FHS uses for splitting
/usr/share/ from %{_libdir}. It isn't in the FHS, though, so we aren't
required to to keep this feature.
-*Toshio*