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From:	"Dave Korn" <dave DOT korn AT artimi DOT com>
To:	<cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	RE: why is -L/usr/local/lib necessary?
Date:	Wed, 15 Dec 2004 12:04:40 -0000
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> -----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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