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authorBruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>2001-05-23 20:34:28 +0000
committerBruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>2001-05-23 20:34:28 +0000
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New attempt at solving the "CPPFLAGS/LDFLAGS for libiconv" problem.
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog6
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2 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 18a1c64..49d17ad 100644
--- 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 0047b16..f699c51 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