multiarch proposal

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 19:11 +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> writes:
> 
> > Hi Goswin,
> >
> >> 1) Create complectly new multiarch directories:
> >> /lib/i486-linux-gnu/
> >> /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
> >
> >> 2) Reuse the cross-compile directory scheme
> >> /i486-linux-gnu/lib/
> >> /x86_64-linux-gnu/lib/
> >
> >> Some people feel that the cross-compile scheme pollutes top level
> >> directories.
> >
> > I agree with them.  In my opinion the new multiarch scheme (option 1
> > above) is better as it keeps the top level tidy.
> >
> > Cheers
> >   Nick
> 
> If nobody disagrees do you have permissions to add the patch to
> binutils?
I disagree with this proposal. IMO, it tries to solve a non-problem.

Ralf