[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Paths for x86_64

[Bernhard Rosenkraenzer]

On Monday 27 December 2004 01:06, D Richard Felker III wrote:
> this patch is blatently incorrect. lib64 should NOT BE USED BY
> DEFAULT!!! it is a broken, nonstandard practice by broken distros!!!

I don't like it either, but unfortunately it's the standard.
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#LIB64

The reasoning on the FHS mailing list was that it's the only way to ensure 
32bit apps/libs can be installed in parallel to 64bit apps/libs without 
having to modify their packaging.