Re: includes, configure, /usr/lib vs. /usr/local/lib, and linux coders

2008-11-06 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Mon, 3 Nov 2008 15:12:34 -0700, "Steve Franks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's alot of good info. It should go in the porter's handbook, > maybe... Hi Steve, Probably not. What I wrote is specific to the GNU build system. We have many ports that use configure scripts and makefiles gener

Re: includes, configure, /usr/lib vs. /usr/local/lib, and linux coders

2008-11-03 Thread Steve Franks
That's alot of good info. It should go in the porter's handbook, maybe... So, if I'm looking to make a port, which one of those people should I be acting as? Maintainer? That's FreeBSD-port-terminology you are using, correct? Steve On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 8:55 AM, Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PR

Re: includes, configure, /usr/lib vs. /usr/local/lib, and linux coders

2008-11-01 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:30:46 -0700, "Steve Franks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let's backup. What's the 'right' way to get a bloody linux program > that expects all it's headers in /usr/include to compile on freebsd > where all the headers are in /usr/local/include? That's all I'm > really askin

Re: includes, configure, /usr/lib vs. /usr/local/lib, and linux coders

2008-10-31 Thread Tijl Coosemans
On Friday 31 October 2008 20:30:46 Steve Franks wrote: > Let's backup. What's the 'right' way to get a bloody linux program > that expects all it's headers in /usr/include to compile on freebsd > where all the headers are in /usr/local/include? That's all I'm > really asking. Specifically, it's

Re: includes, configure, /usr/lib vs. /usr/local/lib, and linux coders

2008-10-31 Thread Daniel Eischen
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008, Nate Eldredge wrote: On Fri, 31 Oct 2008, Steve Franks wrote: Let's backup. What's the 'right' way to get a bloody linux program that expects all it's headers in /usr/include to compile on freebsd where all the headers are in /usr/local/include? That's all I'm really ask

Re: includes, configure, /usr/lib vs. /usr/local/lib, and linux coders

2008-10-31 Thread Nate Eldredge
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008, Steve Franks wrote: Let's backup. What's the 'right' way to get a bloody linux program that expects all it's headers in /usr/include to compile on freebsd where all the headers are in /usr/local/include? That's all I'm really asking. Specifically, it's looking for libusb

Re: includes, configure, /usr/lib vs. /usr/local/lib, and linux coders

2008-10-31 Thread Peter Jeremy
On 2008-Oct-31 11:23:53 -0700, Steve Franks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I believe someone has told me on this list that the proper way to >compile a linux program is to run configure >--includedir=/usr/local/include --libdir=/usr/local/lib. Is that >correct? Yes. The FreeBSD toolchain does not a

Re: includes, configure, /usr/lib vs. /usr/local/lib, and linux coders

2008-10-31 Thread Steve Franks
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Nate Eldredge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 31 Oct 2008, Steve Franks wrote: > >> I believe someone has told me on this list that the proper way to >> compile a linux program is to run configure >> --includedir=/usr/local/include --libdir=/usr/local/lib. > >

includes, configure, /usr/lib vs. /usr/local/lib, and linux coders

2008-10-31 Thread Steve Franks
I believe someone has told me on this list that the proper way to compile a linux program is to run configure --includedir=/usr/local/include --libdir=/usr/local/lib. Is that correct? I've got a bunch of linux weenies trying to tell me their code isn't broken because I'm supposed to have headers