On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 05:00:46PM -0700, Ben Rockwood wrote:
>
> Hello.
>
> I was hoping a change could be made to the "configure.in" files of XFS
> package. Right now "configure" looks for each needed tool in a
> staticlocation. For most people this isn't an issue, but if you reinstall
> most of the GNU tools from source they install into /usr/local which
> isn't normally a problem. Therefore, I'd ask that the AC_PATH_PROG lines
> have an expanded path. You can either just add /usr/local/bin, or be
> even more forgiving and drop "$PATH" into the mix. Here's an example
> of the modification for DMAPI configure.in line 123:
>
> AC_PATH_PROG(LIBTOOL, libtool,,/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH)
>
> If nothing else, this mod doesn't hurt anything and will keep users
> from complaining that they can't find libtool... "BUT I HAVE LIBTOOL!?!?!
> I'M NOT CRAZY!!!!".
> I can submit patches for the changes if you like. Just let me know and
> I'll submit the patches to the list.
Sounds fair to me - if noone complains in a day or so, feel free
to send along patches.
thanks.
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Nathan
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