Re: Configuring gcc for pure 64bit x86_64

[Andreas Jaeger <aj at suse dot de>]

Andrew Walrond <andrew@walrond.org> writes:

> On Monday 29 Nov 2004 12:37, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
>> Andrew Walrond <andrew@walrond.org> writes:
>> > I want to build a pure 64bit gcc on x86_64, with the 64bit gcc libs
>> > ending up in /lib rather than the /lib /lib64. I am not interested in the
>> > -m32 capability.
>> >
>> > Is this possible/easy? I would accept /lib32 /lib as an alternative if a
>> > pure 64bit gcc is not easy to achieve.
>> >
>> > Any help appreciated. Google didn't help this time :(
>>
>> Try --disable-multilib,
>>
>
> Tried that, but I still get a /lib64 directory containing
>  libgcc_s.so  libgcc_s.so.1
>
> I also use --with-slibdir=/lib to no avail.
>
> Are there likely to be any side affects to just moving these into /lib ?

grep glibc and gcc sources for that path - and if nobody uses them
directly (which I assume), there shouldn't be a problem.

But I would really advise to use lib64 - this is the standard on AMD64
as described also in the FHS.

Andreas
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