[asterisk-dev] Re: autoconf issues for FreeBSD

[Dinesh Nair]

On 10/05/06 21:22 Benny Amorsen said the following:
>>>>>>"DN" == Dinesh Nair <dinesh at alphaque.com> writes:
> 
> 
> DN> FreeBSD has a policy of separating what's part of the base system
> DN> which sits in /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, /usr/lib etc and what comes in
> DN> from ports which goes into /usr/local/{bin,sbin,lib,etc}. while
> DN> this may seem confusing to non-FreeBSD users, it has become second
> DN> nature to FreeBSD users.
> 
> So why doesn't the C compiler in FreeBSD look in /usr/local/ for
> includes and libraries?

because while /usr/local is the default, it can be changed and is not fixed 
as such.

i cant see why adding in a -I/usr/local/include and -L/usr/local/lib for 
autoconf when it detects FreeBSD is so contentious.

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