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Re: multiarch proposal
- From: Ralf Corsepius <ralf dot corsepius at rtems dot org>
- To: Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b at web dot de>
- Cc: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>, Binutils <binutils at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 10:41:09 +0200
- Subject: Re: multiarch proposal
- References: <87skxbmqdq.fsf@frosties.localdomain> <4819AF34.7050807@redhat.com> <87ve1yc5ko.fsf@frosties.localdomain>
On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 19:11 +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> writes:
>
> > Hi Goswin,
> >
> >> 1) Create complectly new multiarch directories:
> >> /lib/i486-linux-gnu/
> >> /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
> >
> >> 2) Reuse the cross-compile directory scheme
> >> /i486-linux-gnu/lib/
> >> /x86_64-linux-gnu/lib/
> >
> >> Some people feel that the cross-compile scheme pollutes top level
> >> directories.
> >
> > I agree with them. In my opinion the new multiarch scheme (option 1
> > above) is better as it keeps the top level tidy.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Nick
>
> If nobody disagrees do you have permissions to add the patch to
> binutils?
I disagree with this proposal. IMO, it tries to solve a non-problem.
Ralf