On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 6:50 AM, Eric Blake <ebb9@xxxxxxx> wrote: ... > According to Tom Browder on 2/2/2009 1:53 PM: >> Is there any way to have configure test for a 64-bit system and then >> put libraries in a default place, say /usr/local/lib64, instead of the >> default /usr/local/lib as so many GNU packages do at the moment? ... > The BEST way to do this is for distros that want /usr/local/lib64 to be > the default to install a /usr/local/config.site that makes this happen > automatically. Since it is the distro that is choosing the name, Aha! So I, as a user, can do that even if they don't. So I should put in my site file (taken from the autoconf manual, para.14.8): test "$libdir" = NONE && libdir=${prefix}/lib64 Correct? Thanks, Eric. -Tom _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf