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Date:	Fri, 17 Nov 2000 14:27:37 -0500
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From:	Andre Bleau <andre DOT bleau AT courriel DOT polymtl DOT ca>
Subject:	Re: OpenGL packaging
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Corinna Vinschen wrote:

>If I may jump in here. The complete configure should at least set
>--prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --libexecdir=/usr/sbin

You may jump anywhere, as long as you do not jump on ME ;-)


>The rest is typically automagically correct. However, it would be
>nice to check if the local state directory is configured as well:
>
>--localstatedir=/var
>
>Some packages don't know that setting then it's all one of course.
>
> > If I take the
> > /usr/include/GL spot for the Win32/OpenGL package, my include files will be
> > used independently of -I options, as files in /usr/include have priority
> > over those in directories specified by -I; that would make life harder for
>
>Nope. From `info gcc':
>
>`-IDIR'
>      Add the directory DIR to the head of the list of directories to be
>      searched for header files.  This can be used to override a system
>      header file, substituting your own version, since these
>      directories are searched before the system header file
>      directories.  If you use more than one `-I' option, the
>      directories are scanned in left-to-right order; the standard
>      system directories come after.

Then I have no more objection about moving the OpenGL package to /usr. I 
just don't understand what is so basicaly wrong about locating it in 
/usr/local. Again, I'm NOT using "configure" to package it.

André Bleau, ing., analyste
bleau AT courriel DOT polymtl DOT ca

Département de génie électrique et         Electric Engineering and
de génie informatique                      Computer Engineering department
École Polytechnique de Montréal            Montreal Polytechnic School


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