On 13-Mar-00, 16:55 (CST), Alex Yukhimets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I often find myself in the position when I use X libraries (Xt > mostly) built by myself with some changes to allow debugging of my > Xt widgets. I install new libs and headers in another directory and > -I/this/new/dir and -L/that/new/dir allows for compilation and linkage > with new version. If libs are in /usr/lib and headers in /usr/include > (default locations) then this would not work.
Why not? Have you read the compiler/linker docs? Adding -I/some/dir/inc and -L/some/dir/lib causes those directories to be searched *before* the default directories. I don't have an opinion about where the X stuff should go, but the above argument is completely bogus FUD. Steve -- Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Please do not CC me on mail sent to this list; I subscribe to and read every list I post to.)