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Bug 180567 - missing soft link
Summary: missing soft link
Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Library (show other bugs)
Hardware: AMD64 Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers
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Reported: 2007-06-01 17:48 UTC by Sebastian Meßmer
Modified: 2007-06-02 08:57 UTC (History)
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Description Sebastian Meßmer 2007-06-01 17:48:59 UTC 
The libraries for win32codecs are installed in /usr/lib32/win32.
Applications (e.g.) search the codecs in /usr/lib/win32 (usr/lib is a softlink to /usr/lib64). So there should be a soft link /usr/lib64/win32 which points to /usr/lib32/win32

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-06-01 18:17:48 UTC 
(In reply to comment #0)
> The libraries for win32codecs are installed in /usr/lib32/win32.
> Applications (e.g.) search the codecs in /usr/lib/win32 (usr/lib is a softlink
> to /usr/lib64). So there should be a soft link /usr/lib64/win32 which points to
> /usr/lib32/win32

Erm, no. The applications should be fixed to look at the right place; unfortunately you didn't name a single of them.
Comment 2 Sebastian Meßmer 2007-06-01 20:30:10 UTC 
Isn't it correct when an application searches libraries in /usr/lib?
Because Win32Codecs aren't available for 64bit, there should be a link so they can be found by 64bit-applications.

I got this error with kaffeine 0.8.3.
"kaffeine -w" can't find the Win32Codecs.
Comment 3 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-06-01 20:37:51 UTC 
(In reply to comment #2)
> Isn't it correct when an application searches libraries in /usr/lib?
> Because Win32Codecs aren't available for 64bit, there should be a link so they
> can be found by 64bit-applications.

No, it's not OK to search for 32bit codecs in /usr/lib64 :)

> I got this error with kaffeine 0.8.3.
> "kaffeine -w" can't find the Win32Codecs.

Which backend - xine or gstreamer?
Comment 4 Sebastian Meßmer 2007-06-02 08:57:19 UTC 
I have both installed - how can I find out, which is used by kaffeine?
equery uses kaffeine shows me that the gstreamer-useflag is set, but I can not find a (unset) xine-useflag.