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Oh yeah, duh!  ;-)

So for compiling his only option is the -L flag? 
That clears some confusion up hopefully.

Thanks,
Nathan

> You're confusing run-time link paths with compile-time link paths. 
> ldconfig is only used at runtime, to resolve shared library
> dependencies.  -L flags on the gcc line are only used at link time, to
> resolve both shared and static library dependencies.
> 
> ldconfig paths can be specified in /etc/rc.conf.  Unfortunately,
> there's no place to add compile-time library paths.  Most software uses
> autoconf to scan common directories for the libraries it needs.
> 
> 	-Dan Nelson
> 	dnelson@emsphone.com

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