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Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> writes:

> Steven L Baur <steve@xemacs.org> writes:
>> dnl GNU software installs by default into /usr/local/{include,lib}
>> if test -d "/usr/local/include" -a -d "/usr/local/lib"; then
>> XE_APPEND("-L/usr/local/lib",    ld_switch_site)
>> XE_APPEND("-I/usr/local/include", c_switch_site)
>> fi
>> 
>> I *really* want to make this go away.  It is evil(tm).

> Why?  It makes it much easier for the right and necessary things (like
> xpm or xfaces libraries) to be seen and used.

Because it can only do mischief on systems that do not need it and it
cannot be turned off.  

> Steve, you work on Linux so it may be much easier for you to add
> things to /usr hierarchy.  However, on most of commercial Unixes,
> people want to have /usr clear for the default shipped stuff, and put
> their custom libraries and binaries (which often work *better* than
> the original things) under /usr/local.

That's fine.  The situation is exactly reversed on my system.  The
good stuff goes into /usr and experimental stuff goes into /usr/local.

The evil(tm) part is that it cannot be turned off.  Martin's suggestion
of installing a cc-wrapper that strips out the -L/usr/local/lib and the
-I/usr/local/include before calling the real cc, is unacceptable.
-- 
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