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Re: [PATCH] Solaris x86-64 fixes for binutils
- From: John Levon <levon at movementarian dot org>
- To: Alex Bennee <kernel-hacker at bennee dot com>
- Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:18:03 +0000
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Solaris x86-64 fixes for binutils
- References: <1174334125.21350.84.camel@okra.transitives.com>
On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 07:55:25PM +0000, Alex Bennee wrote:
> 0002-Ensure-we-apply-the-correct-suffix-to-the-lib-path-for-64-bits-libs.txt
>
> The lib64 path on the test Solaris 10 box is /lib/amd64. However
> Solaris10 does symlink /lib/64 to this path. I assume my college came
> along a box where this was not so.
>
> Given Sun are likely to ship intel boxes this part of the patch may be
> redundant.
That will not affect the name of these directories, "amd64" has been
defined as a stable name even for Intel's EM64T implementations. I'm
surprised there's a box where a 64 symlink doesn't exist though, that
sounds like a broken machine to me.
regards
john