From owner-cvs-gnu Sun Mar 19 17:32:52 1995 Return-Path: cvs-gnu-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id RAA04784 for cvs-gnu-outgoing; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 17:32:52 -0800 Received: from trout.sri.MT.net (trout.sri.MT.net [204.182.243.12]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id RAA04777; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 17:32:46 -0800 Received: (from nate@localhost) by trout.sri.MT.net (8.6.9/8.6.9) id SAA04263; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 18:36:42 -0700 Date: Sun, 19 Mar 1995 18:36:42 -0700 Message-Id: <199503200136.SAA04263@trout.sri.MT.net> To: Paul Traina Cc: Nate Williams , CVS-commiters@freefall.cdrom.com, cvs-gnu@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/ld shlib.c In-Reply-To: <199503200055.QAA00981@precipice.Shockwave.COM> References: <199503192120.NAA27115@freefall.cdrom.com> <199503200055.QAA00981@precipice.Shockwave.COM> Reply-To: nate@sneezy.sri.com (Nate Williams) From: nate@sneezy.sri.com (Nate Williams) Sender: cvs-gnu-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Paul Traina writes: > Grrr... this is a classic GOOD gcc practice. > > From: Nate Williams .. > Removed /usr/local/lib from the standard library search path to be > consistant. Programs shouldn't rely on non-standard paths for bringing > in default libraries. I disagree. Some folks don't install into /usr/local. /opt is common, and I've seen folks use /psoft. By default, /usr/local is *completely* emtpy so if you want to get libraries out of /usr/local it's not that difficult to add the -L/usr/local/lib to various Makefils. It follows with the principal of least suprise. And, you have the source if it *really* bugs you. Nate