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Re: Improve biarch x86-linux support
On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 03:57:01PM +0000, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> If binutils is configured for i686-pc-linux-gnu with --enable-64-bit-bfd,
> then it also supports x86_64 - but doesn't know to search lib64
> directories. This patch fixes it so that it will search the proper
> directories, the same as an x86_64 binutils would search. OK to commit?
>
> (This is of use in conjunction with a GCC patch I'll submit for GCC 4.3 to
> allow a 64-bit multilib to be enabled for i686-pc-linux-gnu, so that you
> can have a 32/64-bit biarch configuration defaulting to 32-bit, not just
> one defaulting to 64-bit.)
>
> 2006-10-18 Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>
>
> * configure.tgt (i[3-7]86-*-linux-*): Also define
> targ_extra_libpath in want64 case.
> * emulparams/elf_x86_64.sh: Handle i[3-7]86-*-linux-* the same as
> x86_64*-linux*.
>
OK. Thanks.
H.J.