Re: libdir on x86_64

[Thomas Dickey]

On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, Bob Proulx wrote:

> Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > * Guillaume Rousse wrote:
> > > Am i supposed to manually set libdir according to build host to get
> > > compliance with such constraint ?
> >
> > Yes, you can specify --libdir at configure time.  Note for system
...
> And note that not all systems use the biarch model of libdir becoming
...

Addressing the OP's request, it would be nice if autoconf did that, e.g., 
via a macro that sets the appropriate variables, rather than relying on 
the person doing the build to select options specific to the platform.

(ignoring some recent comments which amount to addressing Linux-only)

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