On Tue, 2004-09-07 at 13:26, Frank Salter wrote: > I am using Slackware 10 and gcc 3.4.1. When compiling dia-0.94 from source > it required /lib/cpp as the C pre-processor. A symbolic link to > /usr/local/bin/cpp resolved the difficulty! > However /lib and /usr/local/bin are located on different drives, and I try > to avoid linking across drives as it appears to be bad practise. I believe > that Slackware provides a highly standardised organisation and its manifest > shows NO file /lib/cpp. > I have previously compiled early versions of dia and I can not remember > having to create such a symbolic link, but I am unable to say that /lib/cpp > did not exist in my distribution. > cpp appears to be a strange thing to find in a library. Is this intentional > or is it an error?
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#LIBESSENTIALSHAREDLIBRARIESANDKERN says: "If a C preprocessor is installed, /lib/cpp must be a reference to it, for historical reasons. [...]" _______________________________________________ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/faq.html Main page at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia
