It doesn't.  I even tried specifying with the --x-libraries option, and
for some reason it couldn't find it.  An ldd showed that it was missing
the path to /usr/X11R6/lib.  After adding that to the ld.so.conf it found
it fine.  I've only encountered that on NetBSD, so I think it's a NetBSD
thing.

On Fri, 15 Feb 2002, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:

> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 09:16:55 -0800 (PST)
> From: Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: NetBSD
>
> On 14-Feb-2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Just one other thing I found with a from scratch compile of blackbox on
> > NetBSD: NetBSD, by default, does not come with the library paths entered,
> > so when blackbox tries to use libSM.6, X11.6, Xext.6, etc, it chokes.
> > /usr/lib is the only path for a full (or X Full) install of NetBSD.  This
> > should ring true of both 1.4.x and 1.5.x.  Older versions ran a.out
> > instead of elf.
> >
> > The following additions to the end of /etc/ld.so.conf, followed by an
> > ldconfig command, will make life easier for blackbox users on NetBSD (even
> > though this is something more properly dealt with by a NetBSD mailing
> > list):
> >
>
> I am a little confused.  Shouldn't the configure script be adding the proper
> path?  It seems to on my box.
>

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