build/depends.py hardcodes the library path on UNIX

[Aurélien Bompard]

In the build/depends.py file, the path to library files in UNIX is set in the UNIX_LIB_PATH variable. But this path hardcodes "lib" as the library directory, which is wrong on 64bit architectures (it's lib64).
The attached patch adds a test to fix this.

[Daniel Schürmann (daschuer)]

Hi Aurélien,

Thank you for your patch, It looks reasonable.
Can you explain the failure without the patch and how to check that it is fixed?

Thank you,

Daniel

[RJ Skerry-Ryan (rryan)]

Hi Aurélien,

Thank you for the patch. Unfortunately it is not general since lib64 is
just a convention. It will not work for all distros because some distros do
not use lib64 on 64-bit.

Instead, we should just make the libdir configurable from the commandline
rather than hard-coded. Distros that use lib64 will need to specify the
libdir via the scons command.

Best regards,
RJ Ryan

On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Daniel Schürmann <<email address hidden>
> wrote:

> Hi Aurélien,
>
> Thank you for your patch, It looks reasonable.
> Can you explain the failure without the patch and how to check that it is
> fixed?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Daniel
>
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[Aurélien Bompard (abompard)]

OK, I thought all 64 bits distro used lib64, if not then I agree rryan's solution is best.

[RJ Skerry-Ryan (rryan)]

We now support LIBDIR!

[Swiftb0y (swiftb0y)]

Mixxx now uses GitHub for bug tracking. This bug has been migrated to:
https://github.com/mixxxdj/mixxx/issues/7101