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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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