On 6/18/07, Martin Costabel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Benjamin Reed wrote:
> []
> > 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.  :)
>
> Are you sure they aren't there in Linux? Many packages seem to rely on
> them, which is usually a sign for their presence in Linux.
>
> Another question is how the package maintainer can find such problems if
> he uses Apple's X11.
>
> I'd prefer if the Fink X11 packages behaved as closely as possible like
> Apple's X11, including for compiling other stuff.
>
> --
> Martin
>
As a data point, both of my Linux boxes (Debian and Kubuntu) have
/usr/include/X11, but that's actually the real location of the X11
headers.

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

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