By default gcc places 64 bit libs in a lib64 directory. This makes it use 
"lib" instead.

RP 25/7/10

Index: gcc-4.3.3/gcc/config/i386/t-linux64
===================================================================
--- gcc-4.3.3.orig/gcc/config/i386/t-linux64	2010-07-25 12:26:36.000000000 +0100
+++ gcc-4.3.3/gcc/config/i386/t-linux64	2010-07-25 13:43:02.000000000 +0100
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 # MULTILIB_OSDIRNAMES according to what is found on the target.
 
 MULTILIB_OPTIONS = m64/m32
-MULTILIB_DIRNAMES = 64 32 
-MULTILIB_OSDIRNAMES = ../lib64 $(if $(wildcard $(shell echo $(SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR))/../../usr/lib32),../lib32,../lib)
+MULTILIB_DIRNAMES = . 32 
+MULTILIB_OSDIRNAMES = . $(if $(wildcard $(shell echo $(SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR))/../../usr/lib32),../lib32,../lib)
 
 LIBGCC = stmp-multilib
 INSTALL_LIBGCC = install-multilib