Re: Lzo configure failure.

[Brian Sammon]

> > Actually libraries such as the LZO one belong in /usr/lib not
> > usr/local/lib (Note my correct spelling.) that might be most of
> > his/your problems.
> 
> It is interesting when this changed. In the past, the standard location for 
> add-on packages were always /usr/local, even with GNU/Linux.

I don't really think it has.  As I've understood it, the convention is that 
libraries that are installed from the distribution go in /usr/lib, and 
libraries that are installed from source or from external archives of binary 
packages should go in /usr/local/lib/.

The FHS (http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#USRLOCALLOCALHIERARCHY) 
while
a little vague on a few points[1], seems to support my understanding.

[1] Since they aren't defined in the spec, there may be some disagreement 
about what "locally installed" or "software" means.