On 05/01/17 16:38, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
Lo! On 05.01.2017 17:03, Stephen Gallagher wrote:
[...]
## Advantages
* Simplification of build-tree creation. We wouldn't have to maintain the lists
and hacks that are required to make sure that multilib packages land in the
correct repositories.
[...]
Just wondering: Why don't we switch to a multilib/multiarch solution
similar to the one that Debian/Ubuntu uses? They put libs in directories
like /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu and /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
(https://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/Implementation
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MultiarchSpec ). If we'd switch to a similar
solution a new (de facto) standard might evolve and in the end nobody
would have to deal with hacks any more, because all major distros would
put libs in the same directories. Iirc their model has benefits for
cross-compilation, too.
That's exactly what I thought was about to be proposed when I saw the
subject of the email and I got excited for about 30 seconds until I read
the body ;-)
Tom
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