howto specify configure options

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jan 16, 2008, at 13:35, Artie Ziff wrote:

> Sorry if I missed this in the FAQ...Is there a simply way to specify
> more options to the gnu configure stage? I want to inform the
> configure program that some libs exists at a path such as
> "/usr/local/include" and "/usr/local/lib". Thank you! -az

It is a specific goal of MacPorts NOT to use libraries or headers in  
other paths, especially not those in /usr/local. In fact, for proper  
operation of MacPorts, it is recommended that you do not have  
anything in /usr/local/include or /usr/local/lib.