> >Dear all:
> >     While attempting to install an unrelated package, the installation
> >failed. Going over some of the errors I've found that the install script
> >failed at creating a directory, namely '/usr/local/include', saying that
> >the directory already exists.
> >     When i looked at /usr/local i found not a directory, but a file,
> >named - you guessed it - 'include'. When I looked at the contents of that
> >file it seemed like it came from some cd writing (or scsi) related thing
> >(I'm not versed at all in C).
> >     My question is: can i safely delete that file and make an 'include'
> >dir instead?

I read the list... I'm just mostly quiet these days.

Yes, delete that file.  That is there as a file instead of inside a directory 
called 'include' is due to a bug in one version of a cdparanoia 
package/Makefile (since corrected).

Monty


> 
> >     Thanks in advance for your help.
> 
> >Here is the beginning of the 'include' file:
> 
> >/******************************************************************
> > * CopyPolicy: GNU Public License 2 applies
> > * Copyright (C) 1998 Monty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > * and Heiko Eissfeldt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > *
> > * Toplevel interface header; applications include this
> > *
> > ******************************************************************/
> 
> >#ifndef _cdda_interface_h_
> >#define _cdda_interface_h_
> 
> 
> It looks like this file belongs to cdparanoia
> 
> Unfortunately, the author of this program does not seem to read this
> list anymore.  In contrary he created his own mailing list more
> than a year ago.
> 
> The best idea seems to contact him diretcly.
> 
> Jvrg
> 
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