-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Tom Browder on 2/3/2009 6:23 AM: >> 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? Almost. I'd recommend more quoting, so that you can still change $prefix at make time: test "$libdir" = NONE && libdir='${prefix}/lib64' Also, please report this as a bug to your distro - maybe the more people that bug them about it, the more they will get the picture that they can make life easier for their users. - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake ebb9@xxxxxxx -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmIRnEACgkQ84KuGfSFAYDJzQCfdovqURj6nl1rkksFaJHzcEGO AeEAoKoQhjvjjG2r7MXn+K3iii3rqjBo =Er6j -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf