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

[D Richard Felker III]

On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 01:42:47PM +0100, Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote:
> 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

FHS is not a legitimate standard. It's been crap from day one.

> 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.

This is still nonsense. Package managers should relocate files when
installing NON-NATIVE packages. Or better yet, refuse to install
non-native packages at all. WE WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS NONSENSE!

Rich