Re: /usr/lib64?? (was: Re: [xml] Patch: installing Python into actual site-packages)

[Sander Vesik <Sander Vesik Sun COM>]

On Tue, 13 May 2003, Daniel Veillard wrote:

> On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 03:02:33PM -0700, Sean Chittenden wrote:
> > breaks the contract between the OS and the programmer to have a
> > different path for 64bit vs 32bit libraries.  ::grump::
>
>   because the OS can run both 32 and 64 bit binaries. See 
>
> http://www.x86-64.org/lists/discuss/msg02662.html
>
>   and associated stuff at the LSB,

Now you get to have a taste of all the fun of lib/sparcv9 on linux too 8-)

Its unfortunate theres no support for midaway v8plus style ABI on x86-64
that would use the new abi and extra regs but 32bit pointers and that you
cannot get a clean 64bit only system.

> Daniel
>
> P.S.: do not blame me, thanks !
>
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