New comment by sgn on void-packages repository https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/22035#issuecomment-631139707 Comment: > why? To avoid mistake likes messed configure variable > also toplevel libdirs are not allowed, we only have `usr/lib` except symlinks in `base-files` It's checked by other code in the top of that file, `base-files` will provide the symlink in the top-level https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/blob/master/common/hooks/pre-pkg/99-pkglint.sh#L10 > and `lib64` is never allowed in general