On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 02:57:29PM -0400, tom fogal wrote: > Of course, the user has the option of specifying > LDFLAGS="/opt/local/lib" (or whatever) on their ./configure line, and > then the configure script finishes. I am of the opinion (and correct me > if I'm wrong) that unless the user jumped through special hoops when > compiling/installing software, they should not have to jump through > special hoops for other software to utilize that install. Arguably
The portable way to configure a package that uses another package installed with --prefix=$other is `./configure CPPFLAGS=-I$other/include LDFLAGS=-L$other/lib'. Perhaps INSTALL should document that invocation pattern. Even so, the need is common enough to justify providing a shorthand. I do have a solution in mind. I hope to be able to contribute it real soon now. > On the other hand, I don't know how to work around OS X's strange > linker and unconfigurable default search paths. It seems very strange > to me that the Mac folk would design it this way; could someone please > point out what I'm missing? Facilities like /etc/ld.so.conf are the exception, and one needs access to root to use them where they do exist. Passing -I and -L via CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS is the standard solution. Your configure script could itself try adding -L/opt/local/lib. That would accommodate your Darwinports users. _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
