[Python-Dev] Problem with module loading on multi-arch? (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Sat Mar 18 09:19:13 CET 2006

Neal Becker wrote:

x8664 is multiarch. That means, we allow both i386 and x8664 binaries to coexits. Is the proposal that python should not support this? That would be unfortunate.

No. You should install the Python library to the architecture-specific directory (/usr/lib64/python2.3 for AMD64 and /usr/lib/python2.3 for x86, I guess). The library destination shouldn't be split into to locations.

I suspect is would not be that difficult to correctly support multiarch platforms.

If you think you can fix it - go ahead. As I said: I keep applying patches from people who claim they know how things ought to work, much without questioning them.

Regards, Martin

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