Re: ares and n64 support

Simon McVittie <[email protected]> Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:13:47 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.games
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 at 15:46:40 +0000, David James wrote:
>* Build produces two binaries: ares-simd and ares-no-simd
>* Package installs a bash script at /usr/bin/ares that runs
>"/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 --help | grep "x86-64-v2.*supported"
>and selects between the two binaries based on whether this returns
>an empty string
>
>I haven't split the manpage to cover the two new binaries yet, so
>lintian throws a warning.

You could install the binaries to /usr/libexec or a package-specific 
subdirectory of /usr/lib if you intend them to be an implementation 
detail rather than being user-facing. As a bonus, that would silence the 
lintian warning.

     smcv