[kde-linux] KDE /usr/lib? for x86_64 machines

[Rod Butcher]

I upgraded to a AMD 64bit dual processor and installed Mandriva 2006 
x86_64. No problems. I then took the opportunity to upgrade to KDE 3.5.4 
and started compiling from source like I normally do.
I discovered that even though I set libdir=/usr/lib64 for configure (for 
some reason Mandriva chose this) the configure script ignores this and 
hardcodes /usr/lib. Also the*.la files have /usr/lib hardcoded. Hence I 
have to correct this but the build is still faulty.
Anybody out there with Mandrive x86_64 who knows whats going on with 
/usr/lib64 ? Should I just build into /usr/lib ?
Also, anybody had this problem with the kde configure ?
thanks
Rod