Re: Does not find header files or libraries under /usr/local

[Kevin Ryde]

address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
>
> Often, `configure' scripts provide a `--with-PACKAGE-prefix' option (or
> `--with-PACKAGE-includes', or `--with-PACKAGE-libs') so that one can
> specify where to look fo a particular package.

Though that's contrary to the gnu standards.  Getting a path from
somewhere is fine, even good, but --with is not the place for it.

   http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Configuration.html

   Do not use a --with option to specify the file name to use to find
   certain files.  That is outside the scope of what --with options
   are for.