Re: Linux: directory change .../lib to .../lib64

Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> writes:
> Below the top level directory (--prefix) the lib directory changed with
> version 14.x now from .../lib to .../lib64:

> ls -ld /usr/local/sisis-pap/pgsql-*/li*
> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2754 19. Jul 09:58 /usr/local/sisis-pap/pgsql-13.3/lib
> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1594 19. Okt 10:36 /usr/local/sisis-pap/pgsql-14.0/lib64
> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2810 29. Nov 10:59 /usr/local/sisis-pap/pgsql-14.1/lib64

> This would mean changes of LD_LIBRARY_PATH of our servers using the
> PostgreSQL server with ESQL/C interface (libecpg.so.6). Why this change
> was made?

You'd have to talk to the packager of whatever distribution you're using.
No such change was made in the core PG code: the configure script still
defaults to LIBDIR=EPREFIX/lib.

            regards, tom lane