1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 975e24c071..e768df5f7f 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 ##################################################################
 # Standard target filesystem paths.
 ##################################################################
+#
+# If changing these values, beware that native/cross/nativesdk bbclass 
+# files may also need changes to keep in sync.
+#
+
+# Used by multilib code to change the library paths
+baselib = "lib"
 
 # Path prefixes
 export base_prefix = ""
@@ -10,7 +17,7 @@ export exec_prefix = "/usr"
 # Base paths
 export base_bindir = "${base_prefix}/bin"
 export base_sbindir = "${base_prefix}/sbin"
-export base_libdir = "${base_prefix}/lib"
+export base_libdir = "${base_prefix}/${baselib}"
 
 # Architecture independent paths
 export datadir = "${prefix}/share"
@@ -26,13 +33,11 @@ export docdir = "${datadir}/doc"
 export bindir = "${exec_prefix}/bin"
 export sbindir = "${exec_prefix}/sbin"
 export libexecdir = "${exec_prefix}/libexec"
-export libdir = "${exec_prefix}/lib"
+export libdir = "${exec_prefix}/${baselib}"
 export includedir = "${exec_prefix}/include"
 export oldincludedir = "${exec_prefix}/include"
 
-#
-# These must match the various bbclass layout definitions
-#
+# Linkage between native/cross/nativesdk layouts
 base_bindir_native = "/bin"
 base_sbindir_native = "/sbin"
 sysconfdir_native = "/etc"