[Nix-dev] Re: wine on x86_64, and x86_64 in general

[Marc Weber]

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:16:12PM +0100, Lluís Batlle wrote:
> I've noticed the directories /lib and /lib64 in the system profile.
> What's their content or purpose, so there are lib and lib64 and not
> only lib?

multilib support. This way you can install 64 and 32bit versions on your
system without collision. Don't know too much details about this though.

Sincerly
Marc Weber