[mythtv] Compiling on AMD64

Axel Thimm Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
Fri Feb 3 09:01:56 UTC 2006


On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 08:13:36PM +0000, 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 think that's OK for Red Hat/FC/Mandriva/SuSE but it will possibly
break with Debian's Pure64 (and maybe even Ubuntu).

> 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.
> 
> Col.
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Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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