[arch-general] [arch-dev-public] The need for /lib64 - testing please

[jwbirdsong]

On 06/30/2011 10:48 PM, Allan McRae wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I was looking at the /lib64 folder and wondering what it is really
> needed for...  It just seems clutter to me on a pure x86_64 system (or
> even with a multilib in lib32 folders like we have). As far as I can
> tell, most things are perfectly fine without that folder and its two
> symlinks.
> 
> I would like some help testing removing this so I can get an idea of
> what issues people run into.  There is bound to be some software that
> makes assumptions about /lib64 in its installation and I would like to
> know (a) how widespread that issue is and (b) how hard it is to work
> around.
> 
> If you want to try it out, just remove the /lib64 folder (after making
> sure it only has symlinks to ld-2.13.so and ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 in it.
> Run your system as usual for a while and report any issues you come across.
> 
> Thanks,
> Allan
> 

removed and anxious to see results.  i DO have mutlilib enabled/used fwiw.

JB