New attempt at solving the "CPPFLAGS/LDFLAGS for libiconv" problem.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 18a1c64d5afbf969dcf4ab68a78d843faa93204e..49d17ade049e745b167ac405d79af27f246a1416 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2001-05-23  Bruno Haible  <haible@clisp.cons.org>
+
+       * INSTALL (Optional Features): Document --with-libiconv-prefix.
+       (Particular Systems): Generalize section about /usr/local to "most
+       systems".
+
 2001-05-20  Bruno Haible  <haible@clisp.cons.org>
 
        * Makefile.am (SUBDIRS): Add man.

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 0047b169608ce7d84804859b59bc4cf6750a4eb1..f699c51c60a17f902bf4347f96e3bb3ca24f79ff 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -119,14 +119,18 @@ find the X include and library files automatically, but if it doesn't,
 you can use the `configure' options `--x-includes=DIR' and
 `--x-libraries=DIR' to specify their locations.
 
+   For packages that use the GNU libiconv library, you can use the
+`configure' option `--with-libiconv-prefix' to specify the prefix you
+used while installing libiconv.
+
 Particular Systems
 ==================
 
-   On FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD, the compiler doesn't search include
-files in /usr/local/include, and the linker doesn't search libraries in
-/usr/local/lib.  Therefore some packages won't find other packages
-installed earlier.  To overcome this problem, it is recommended to use
-the following options:
+   On most systems, the compiler doesn't search include files in
+/usr/local/include, and the linker doesn't search libraries in
+/usr/local/lib.  (A notable exception is GNU/Linux.)  Therefore some
+packages won't find other packages installed earlier.  To overcome this
+problem, it is recommended to use the following options:
 
      env CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib ./configure