On 1/29/07, John Cowan <address@hidden> wrote:
felix winkelmann scripsit:
> (Why isn't /usr/local/lib in the default linker path? And why do some
> systems not put /usr/local/bin into the PATH? Why make using the
system
> harder than it needs to be? Oh, well...)
Some distros reject the whole idea of /usr/local, basically.
They make no distinction between system packages in /bin or /usr/bin
and local packages in /usr/local/bin (and their lib analogues): it's
all just packages.
Ok, but since all autotools-based source packages automatically
use /usr/local as prefix, distros should at least prepare for that
situation
and not let the user stand there scratching his/her head.