Re: Autoconf and 64-bit Systems

[Eric Blake]

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According to Tom Browder on 2/3/2009 6:23 AM:
>> The BEST way to do this is for distros that want /usr/local/lib64 to be
>> the default to install a /usr/local/config.site that makes this happen
>> automatically.  Since it is the distro that is choosing the name,
> 
> Aha!  So I, as a user, can do that even if they don't.  So I should
> put in my site file (taken from the autoconf manual, para.14.8):
> 
>   test "$libdir" = NONE && libdir=${prefix}/lib64
> 
> Correct?

Almost.  I'd recommend more quoting, so that you can still change $prefix
at make time:

test "$libdir" = NONE && libdir='${prefix}/lib64'

Also, please report this as a bug to your distro - maybe the more people
that bug them about it, the more they will get the picture that they can
make life easier for their users.

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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