From f632637df642a9e77740dbaf735684f222d91359 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruno Haible Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 20:35:24 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] New attempt at solving the "CPPFLAGS/LDFLAGS for libiconv" problem. --- ChangeLog | 6 ++++++ INSTALL | 14 +++++++++----- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 18a1c64d5..49d17ade0 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2001-05-23 Bruno Haible + + * INSTALL (Optional Features): Document --with-libiconv-prefix. + (Particular Systems): Generalize section about /usr/local to "most + systems". + 2001-05-20 Bruno Haible * Makefile.am (SUBDIRS): Add man. diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 0047b1696..f699c51c6 100644 --- 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 -- 2.47.2