Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 16:42:02 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@phone.net> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ldconfig finding libraries, but ld is not. Message-ID: <19991112164202.B69871@relay.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <14379.19900.963634.387520@guru.phone.net> References: <14378.28246.28493.440833@guru.phone.net> <199911112213.RAA34417@server.baldwin.cx> <14379.17630.340446.163663@guru.phone.net> <19991111144938.B69565@pinky.plambert.net> <14379.19900.963634.387520@guru.phone.net>
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On Thu, Nov 11, 1999 at 03:14:04PM -0800, Mike Meyer wrote: > ;->It belongs in /usr/local. > > I don't agree. Things being maintainted and supported locally belong > in /usr/local. Ports and packages come on the distribution, and you go > back to the same channels for support as you do for core parts of that > distribution. I'll have to agree with you here. I think it was a grave mistake for FreeBSD to install packages into /usr/local/. We should have used /usr/pkg/ as NetBSD did. As GCC maintainer, I will not add /usr/local/lib to the list of automatically looked places in the base compiler. For one it isn't PREFIX clean. [ Please remember one can set PREFIX=/usr/pkg and build the Ports Collection ] -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.com) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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