[CMake] Handle lib64 library on Linux

[Sara Rolfe]

> Hi Eric,
>
> Thanks for your reply.  I am using cmake-2.8.2 for Linux.  I just  
> checked and it looks like that's not the most recent version.  Do  
> you know if the most recent version, cmake-2.8.4 addresses this  
> problem?
>
> Thanks,
> Sara

>
> On May 21, 2011, at 3:47 PM, Eric Noulard wrote:
>
>> 2011/5/20 Sara Rolfe <smrolfe at u.washington.edu>:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am attempting to modify my make file so the linker will check for
>>> /usr/lib64 instead of /usr/lib.  I found a patch for this problem  
>>> here:
>>>
>>> http://cmake.org/gitweb?p=cmake.git;a=commitdiff;h=126c993d#patch1
>>
>> This commit is not related with "finding" lib64 (with find_library)
>> but with packaging (with CPack) /lib64 dirs.
>>
>> Which version of CMake are you trying to patch?
>> Some version of CMake already look in /lib64 paths.
>>
>> If your problem is about finding libraries you may use
>> PATHS and PATH_SUFFIXES of the find_library command
>> in order to search in appropriate place.
>>
>> Some more informations about multilib and/or lib64 issues may be  
>> found here:
>> http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=12037
>>
>>> However, I'm pretty new to cmake and it's not clear to me how to  
>>> apply this.
>>> Can someone explain, or point me to an example/documentation?
>>
>> Applying a patch is usually done on a source tree
>> using either patch command or git apply?
>>
>> After applying the patch you need to recompile CMake sources.
>> Sometime, when the patch concerns only cmake scripts file,
>> you can apply the patch on the particular file without recompiling.
>>
>> Again which version of CMake are you using?
>> On which platform (Linux, Windows, Mac OS...)
>> Did you ever compile CMake?
>> Do you know git?
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Erk
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