Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
>> Jim Gifford <maillist@jg555.com> writes:
>>
>>
>>> I have been working on a project to create a Pure 64 bit distro of
>>> linux, nothing 32 bit in the system. I can accomplish that with no
>>
>>
>>
>> Hopefully you're using /lib64 for that, otherwise your
>> packages will be incompatible to everybody else and not FHS compliant.
>> If you don't please don't submit any patches to hardcode this to
>> upstream packages.
> 
> 
> /lib64 is an awful scheme.  I'd avoid it.
> 

Indeed. It just helps to keep unclean 32bit applications
alive.

Maybe you would like to check Debian for amd64? The 32bit
stuff is purely optional (except for the boot loaders, AFAIK).

http://www.debian.org/ports/amd64/


Regards

Harri