Re: how to use libraries in /usr/local

[Mike Castle]

On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 03:37:37PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Widespread support for such a feature in configure scripts would make my
> life *significantly* easier.  Currently I actually hack gcc to look in
> both /usr/local and /usr/pubsw, and I'd love to get rid of that hack but
> it makes building things a horrid pain.

What about pkg-config?

http://pkgconfig.sourceforge.net

Instead of you having to remember what all /a:/b:/c paths to add, it's kept
in a central database.

It has a few problems, but it's only at version 0.5 so far.

[I only became aware of this stuff last night.]

mrc
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