Re: [Chicken-hackers] Build problems

[felix winkelmann]

On 1/29/07, John Cowan <address@hidden> wrote:
> felix winkelmann scripsit:
>
> > (Why isn't /usr/local/lib in the default linker path? And why do some
> > systems not put /usr/local/bin into the PATH? Why make using the system
> > harder than it needs to be? Oh, well...)
>
> Some distros reject the whole idea of /usr/local, basically.
> They make no distinction between system packages in /bin or /usr/bin
> and local packages in /usr/local/bin (and their lib analogues): it's
> all just packages.

Ok, but since all autotools-based source packages automatically
use /usr/local as prefix, distros should at least prepare for that situation
and not let the user stand there scratching his/her head.


cheers,
felix