+ if os.uname()[4] in
['x86_64','mips64','ppc64','sparc64','s390x']:
+ return 'lib64'
+ else:
return 'lib'
This is distro-specific. A significant number of distros (even those not
using multiarch) put 64-bit libraries into lib/ and 32-bit libraries
into lib32/.
Can't you use a configure- or cmake-driven libdir here? That'll always
be right.
Yes, archlinux does this.
It seems to make sense to only use /lib64 or lib32 when that
is not the native arch. ( you wouldn't say /bin32 if you're on a 32
bit system)