Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1999 22:10:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Chris Piazza <cpiazza@home.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/12720: gdbm (And possibly other libraries in /usr/local/lib) not usable under 3.* Message-ID: <199908080510.WAA34179@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/12720; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Chris Piazza <cpiazza@home.net>
To: Jamie Norwood <mistwolf@mushhaven.net>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: misc/12720: gdbm (And possibly other libraries in /usr/local/lib) not usable under 3.*
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1999 22:01:14 -0700
On Sat, Aug 07, 1999 at 09:30:02PM -0700, Jamie Norwood wrote:
>
> As a follow up, below is a 'script' output of this. Even using the above
> 'fix' doesn't work; the configure script runs, but the subsequent 'gmake'
> fails when trying to link using -lgdbm. This is /not/ a problem with the
> configure scripts. I am about to reinstall to Linux because I cannot run
> the server I run with these breakages.
>
> Orignally, I just send the above to Chris, resending now so it gets in the
> list. Also, as a test, I forced gdbm to install in /usr instead of
> /usr/local, and lo and behold, it worked flawlessly. To recap, this is NOT
> a problem with configure, it is a problem with how FreeBSD handles the files
> installed in /usr/local/lib. This is very, very recreateable and should
> be fixed; I don't know about anyone else, but it certainly seems like
> a major bug to me when libraries that are correctly installed are not being
> read at all!
OK. I think I actually understand what you want now. You want to not
have to specify -L/usr/local/lib to gcc to search in that directory
for libraries. If this is not happening (IMO) it's a bug in the Makefiles
and configure scripts of said programs, not FreeBSD.
-Chris
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