32 bit libraries - build hack

Marcel Moolenaar marcel at xcllnt.net
Mon Mar 22 09:41:29 PST 2004


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.

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