[mythtv] Compiling on AMD64

[Isaac Richards]

On Thursday 02 February 2006 15:18, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> On Thursday 02 February 2006 12:13, Colin Guthrie wrote:
> > Tony Brummett wrote:
> > > I'm compiling myth for the first time on an AMD64 machine with the
> > > x86_64 version of Fedora Core 4.  ./configure was complaining about
> > > not being able to find libmp3lame until I added /lib64 and /usr/lib64
> > > to /etc/ld.so.conf
> > >
> > > I was just windering if this was normal?  I figured that either those
> > > directories would be put in ld.so.conf by the OS installer, or that
> > > configure would know if the arch is x86_64, then you have to look in
> > > the 64-bit lib directories for some libs.
> >
> > I get that on my distro too, but as no-one else complained I didn't open
> > a ticket.
> >
> > The attached diffs fix things for me.
> >
> > I can open a ticket if this is OK for commit,but not tested on any other
> > distro than Mandrake 2006.0. Other systems may not use the /lib64
> > prefix. It could be make more intelligent to check for the existance of
> > those directories too I guess.
>
> ATrpms.net MythTV builds work around the problem in a similar fashion,
> replacing /lib with rpm's %{_lib} macro, which points appropriately to /lib
> or /lib64, depending on the target arch.

IMO, putting the native libraries of a system in anything other than /lib is 
completely wacky.

Isaac