Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 15:18:44 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@village.org> To: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Why don't we search /usr/local/lib and /usr/local/include by default? Message-ID: <20020529.151844.49472446.imp@village.org> In-Reply-To: <20020529125401.C2156@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <20020528.221453.83474290.imp@village.org> <20020529140813.P82424@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20020529125401.C2156@dragon.nuxi.com>
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"David O'Brien" <dev-null@NUXI.com> writes:
: 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.
Also, "If everybody were jumping off of cliffs, would you do it too?"
Add /usr/local/* by default is just a really dumb idea.
Warner
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