Re: Autoconf and 64-bit Systems

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Tue, 3 Feb 2009, Paul Elliott wrote:
> All of the .rpm based distros that I use recommend putting
> ./configure --libdir=%_libdir .....
>
> in the .spec file. %_libdir is is /usr/lib or /usr/lib64

It seems that this is not quite enough logic.  For example, I noticed 
in a log that a user sent to me that due to a rule like this, and 
default compiler operation, 32-bit libraries were installed in 
/usr/lib64.  Any advice for how to do this correctly is appreciated.

Bob
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