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Date:      Wed, 29 May 2002 12:54:01 -0700
From:      "David O'Brien" <dev-null@NUXI.com>
To:        "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@village.org>, peter@wemm.org, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Why don't we search /usr/local/lib and /usr/local/include by default?
Message-ID:  <20020529125401.C2156@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020529140813.P82424@wantadilla.lemis.com>; from grog@FreeBSD.org on Wed, May 29, 2002 at 02:08:13PM %2B0930
References:  <20020529093009.C31668@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20020529012544.14816380A@overcee.wemm.org> <20020529122327.C82424@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20020528.221453.83474290.imp@village.org> <20020529140813.P82424@wantadilla.lemis.com>

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On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 02:08:13PM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> On Tuesday, 28 May 2002 at 22:14:53 -0600, Warner Losh wrote:
> > In message: <20020529122327.C82424@wantadilla.lemis.com>
> >             "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.ORG> writes:
> >> I'm complaining about the implementation.  Since the Ports Collection
> >> installs by default in /usr/local, it seems reasonable to at least put
> >> these directories at the end of the search paths for header files and
> >> libraries.
> >
> > It is working as designed.  /usr/local/* isn't searched by default,
> > and never have been in BSD.
> 
> "We do it this way because our grandfathers did it this way"?

I speak English because my grandfather did.  A good enough reason for me.


> > Just because Linux is lame 
> 
> I think that's a rather blanked statement.

Doesn't make it any less true.

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