On Apr 4, 2012, at 11:20, Glenn English wrote: > > On Apr 4, 2012, at 9:55 AM, Jan Stary wrote: > >> Q: "So given that macports uses /opt/local as its prefix, >> I can use /usr/local freely without worying about interference?" >> >> A: No, not really. (etc) > > I'd really like to see an expansion of that "etc". > > I use Linux extensively for my servers and Macs when I'm trying to be a > human. /usr/local has been around for quite a while in the *nix world (it's > even in the default $PATH), and I use it a little on the Macs. I can't think > of what the problem is -- (seems to) work fine here :-)
Because /usr/local is searched by default by the compiler and we do not know how to turn that off, MacPorts ports might try to link with libraries you've installed in /usr/local. _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
