[cups.bugs] Re: [MOD] STR #1487: rpmbuild fails on x86_64
Michael Sweet
mike at easysw.com
Wed Mar 15 05:55:11 PST 2006
Johannes Meixner wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Mar 15 08:11 Michael Sweet wrote (shortened):
>> Actually, the spec file has been updated to properly handle x86_64 builds;
>> the proper line is:
>> /usr/lib*/*.so
>> so that both 32-bit and 64-bit directories get included.
>
> Shouldn't the RPM macros %{_lib} and %{_libdir} be even better?
> See for example
> http://www.redhat.com/magazine/009jul05/features/multilib/
> "Build-time issues"
Those don't handle multiple-arch builds, which is what we support for
x86_64 (among other platforms). Life in the mixed 32/64-bit world is
a bit more complicated, unfortunately...
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