On Thursday 10 August 2006 15:42, Kevin F. Quinn wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:26:10 -0500
>
> Mike Doty <kingtaco@gentoo.org> wrote:
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> > Donnie Berkholz wrote:
> > > Olivier Crete wrote:
> > > It makes sense that you wouldn't want these binary packages going
> > > into /lib32 or /usr/lib32, but /emul seems like an odd choice
> > > compared to something like /opt/lib32.
>
> I though exactly this when I saw SpanKY's query.  Having a directory in
> '/' is not pretty.

it doesnt matter whether it's in /emul or /opt or /fooie, if it isnt in the 
system lib32 paths, it's going to be a pita

using the system lib32 paths allows the compiler/linker/loader to 
automatically locate the libraries

> More generally we have varying approaches to pre-built packages;
> app-office/openoffice-bin installs to /usr for example, while
> mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin and www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin
> install to /opt.

which is broken ... OOo-bin should be in /opt ...
-mike