Re: [gtk-list] Re: /usr/lib/glib/include and /usr/lib/Gtk--/include

[Michael Babcock <mbabcock la creatureshop henson com>]

Owen Taylor wrote:
> 
> Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> writes:
> 
> > I'm curious as to motivatio behind the decision to put glibconfig.h
> > and gtk--config.h in /usr/lib/{glib,Gtk--}/include instead of
> > /usr/include.  AFAIK, these are the only packages in all of Linux to
> > handle files that must be included for compilation in this way, and
> > make trying to build Makefiles using automake/autoconf unnecessarily
> > unpleasant.  Why was it done?
> 
> See question 2.6 of the FAQ on http://www.gtk.org.
> 
> Regards,
>                                         Owen

But the answer is wrong. /usr/include already has architecture dependent
stuff, so the motivation to move glibconfig.h is bogus.

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Michael Babcock
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