Re: [Plib-users] problems with configure

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[ Steve Baker writes ]
> Philip Brown wrote:
> > 
> > [ Steve Baker writes ]
> > > Those are not the correct places. OpenGL *MUST* be installed here:
> > >
> > >    /usr/include/GL/gl.h
> > >    /usr/lib/libGL.so
> > >    /usr/lib/libGLU.so
> > >
> > > These are the 'official' locations on every Linux/UNIX derivative
> > > I can think of.
> > 
> > That is not true. It is commonly installed in /usr/local
> 
> Commonly - perhaps - but certainly incorrectly.
> 
> I refer you to the standard:
> 
>   http://oss.sgi.com/projects/ogl-sample/ABI/
> 

Like I already said; Mesa defaults to /usr/local.
It does that now. It's been that way for many years.

If you are not willing to change your autoconfiguration to work with the
number 2 most common OpenGL implementation (heck, by now, possibly 
number *1* most common OpenGL implementation), then kindly take out the
claims of  "these libraries are designed to be easily portable"
in your README file.