Benjamin Reed wrote:
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> Jean-François Mertens wrote:
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>   
>> Basically my feeling was that if a package doesn't find some headers
>> where they are and should be, it is that package's problem, and
>> should be fixed there as you just said; it would be "wrong" to start
>> copying those headers to other, incorrect places.
>>     
>
> I agree.  If the package needs headers, it should be testing for them,
> and use them.
>
> If you need to fix it temporarily, fix the code to have the right -I on
> the compile-line without a test.
>
> Both are better than trying to fake up "system" headers apple probably
> shouldn't have done that way in the first place, and that don't match
> other unixes.  :)
>
>   
I'll keep track of any such packages I find in my build log blog if they 
can't be fixed by simply playing around with the *FLAGS (or if I'm too 
busy to do that)

-- 
Alexander K. Hansen
Fink User Liaison/Documenter
akh AT finkproject DOT org


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