Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of FAQ


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Apr 7, 2007, 10:30:11 PM (17 years ago)
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  • FAQ

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    1010 1. Some software (especially auto* tools from Gnu) look in `/usr/local` as a default location, which means MacPorts can't be easily isolated when needed
    1111 2. `/usr/local` is usually reserved for the given system's admin to install items local to that system, and tends to be a bad choice to have taken over by a non-system port system
    12  3. gcc considers `/usr/local` to be a standard system directory, causing (at least) the include directory to be unable to appear early in the list of include directories, and hence causing DP-installed items to be difficult to use properly for items which need them (where another version is installed elsewhere, like `/usr/X11R6`)
     12 3. gcc considers `/usr/local` to be a standard system directory, causing (at least) the include directory to be unable to appear early in the list of include directories, and hence causing MacPorts-installed items to be difficult to use properly for items which need them (where another version is installed elsewhere, like `/usr/X11R6`)
    1313Some responses concerning `/usr/local` have [http://www.opendarwin.org/pipermail/darwinports/2004-May/021190.html been aired] on the mailing list over time.
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