[GRASS5] configure.in Wants testers...

[Eric G . Miller]

On Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 06:05:25PM +0000, Markus Neteler wrote:
> Also, note that there doesn't seem to be a good way
> > to have the --bindir default to /usr/local/bin.  The macro
> > AC_DEFAULT_BINDIR() was not recognized by my autoconf and the variable
> > $bindir is always set to something (defaulting to ${exec_prefix}/bin,
> > where $exec_prefix defaults to ${prefix} which is set to
> > /usr/local/grass5 by default.  Confused?). So, if you want
> > /usr/local/bin for $bindir, you need to specify it.  Also, see
> > ./configure --help for some of the options (they need testing too).
> Mhhh, here we have the problem that the start script is neither
> put into /usr/local/bin nor /usr/bin.
> I think we should decide to write it to  /usr/bin on default.
> Means: The UNIX_BIN would have to be set differently than prefix.

Well, then we're back to using --with-bindir.  Under that, it is
possible to know if the user specified something different than the
defaults set by configure.
 
> not yet o.k.:
>  ODBCINC not yet (not yet implemented, I think)
Ahh, yes, missed that.  Not sure what I need to look for.

>  TCLINCDIR           =
>  -> found from configure, but here it's empty (it's in /usr/include)
>  TKINCDIR            =
>  -> found from configure, but here it's empty (it's in /usr/include)
>  TCLTKLIBS           =

/usr/include is in the default search path, so nothing extra should need
to be specified, correct???

>  -> *not* found from configure (in /usr/lib)

I'm still struggling with why this works on my system and fails on yours
when the libraries are in the exact same location (and even the version
is the same).

-- 
Eric G. Miller <egm2 at jps.net>

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