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RE: why is -L/usr/local/lib necessary?
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 12:04:40 -0000
- Subject: RE: why is -L/usr/local/lib necessary?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Andrew Schulman
> Sent: 14 December 2004 19:53
> > > why doesn't "gcc -lfoo" (ld) find /usr/local/lib/foo.dll?
> > > what do I do to avoid this?
> >
> > Edit /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.3/specs
>
> Geez, that thing should be in /etc.
Actually it should not in general be edited or tampered with whatsoever. Mess
up with the order of system and installation-local paths and you risk breaking
all sorts of build scripts.
cheers,
DaveK
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