32 bit libraries - build hack

David O'Brien obrien at freebsd.org
Mon Mar 22 10:16:22 PST 2004


On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 09:41:28AM -0800, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 21, 2004 at 11:53:28PM -0800, David O'Brien wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 21, 2004 at 08:12:29PM -0800, Peter Wemm wrote:
> > > mkdir /lib32
> > > mkdir /usr/lib32
> > > mkdir /usr/local/lib32
> > > mkdir /usr/X11R6/lib32
> > 
> > "lib32" should be reserved for 32-bit libs that are specific to AMD64
> > (and either won't run on i386, or will run very sub-optimally).  These
> > libs should live in lib/i386.
> 
> Agreed. A better place for FreeBSD/i386 libraries is under /compat.

Not quite what I said. :-)  I disagree with /compat unless we start
putting releng4 libs in /compat/freebsd4-ia32 on 5-current.
 
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