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

[Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer cs nmsu edu>]

Michael Babcock wrote:
   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.

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

Mistaken, maybe...
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