Re: AC_CHECK_HEADERS works but AC_SEARCH_LIBS does not

[Thomas Dickey]

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Paul Eggert wrote:

> Sam Steingold <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > how come gcc looks in /usr/local/include but not in /usr/local/lib?
>
> That's more of a GCC question than an Autoconf question.  It's a long
> story; for a first cut you can look here:

only a small cut, since it doesn't explain why it was a bad idea (nor any
of the related changes over the past ten years).  Perhaps you can offer
a better url.

> http://gcc.gnu.org/faq.html#rpath
>
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