/usr/local question

[Ryan Schmidt]

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.