Re: Non-standard link paths

[Kevin P. Fleming]

Bob Friesenhahn wrote:

> Using --with-foo=/path/to/foo is not Autoconf standard.  It is a
> popular scheme added by many packages since it seems more
> user-friendly.  However, the portability of this depends on how
> sophisticated the implementation is.  It may work on just a few
> operating systems or with a few compilers.

I've found that the use of libtool negates some of these problems; 
telling libtool what you want to link against will allow it to decide 
whether LD_RUN_PATH/rpath is the right way to go, or if static linking 
will be required or whatever.