Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch headers directories

[debian/debian-policy.git] / policy.sgml

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
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--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -6976,6 +6976,17 @@ Built-Using: grub2 (= 1.99-9), loadlin (= 1.6e-1)
                     <tt>multiarch</tt>.
                   </footnote>
                 </p>
+                <p>
+                  The requirement for C and C++ headers files to be
+                  accessible through the search path
+                  <file>/usr/include/</file> is amended, permitting files to
+                  be accessible through the search path
+                  <file>/usr/include/<var>triplet</var></file> where
+                  <tt><var>triplet</var></tt> is as above.  <footnote>
+                    This is necessary for architecture-dependant headers
+                    file to coexist in a <tt>multiarch</tt> setup.
+                  </footnote>
+                </p>
                 <p>
                   Applications may also use a single subdirectory under
                   <file>/usr/lib/<var>triplet</var></file>.
@@ -7042,6 +7053,16 @@ Built-Using: grub2 (= 1.99-9), loadlin (= 1.6e-1)
                    kernel information.</footnote>
                </p>
              </item>
+             <item>
+               <p>
+                  The requirement for <file>/usr/local/lib&lt;qual&gt;</file>
+                  to exist if <file>/lib&lt;qual&gt;</file> or
+                  <file>/usr/lib&lt;qual&gt;</file> exists (where 
+                  <file>lib&lt;qual&gt;</file> is a variant of
+                  <file>lib</file> such as <file>lib32</file> or
+                  <file>lib64</file>) is removed.
+                  </p>
+             </item>
              <item>
                <p>
                  On GNU/Hurd systems, the following additional