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

Lluís Batlle viriketo at gmail.com
Fri Feb 27 12:51:56 CET 2009


Those directories are full of libraries. I thought you said there
isn't multilib support in nix. :)

In the default profile, I can see only /lib. I don't see any lib64 there.

2009/2/27 Marc Weber <marco-oweber at gmx.de>:
> 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
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