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23.0.90; during configuration unwanted preference of /usr/X11

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Message #27 received at 2285 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Freenet.DE>
Cc: 2285 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.0.90; indeterminate X11 "standard dirs"
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:06:15 -0500

Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Freenet.DE> writes:

> It once (beginning of October 2008) was the standard to report these
> details:
>
>   Where do we find X Windows header files? /usr/X11R6/include
>   Where do we find X Windows libraries? /usr/X11R6/lib

That's strange.  According to vc-annotate, this part of the configure
code has not changed in about 10 years.

> When I pass --x-includes=/opt/local/include --x-libraries=/opt/local/
> lib to configure it at least reports:
>
>   Where do we find X Windows header files? /opt/local/include
>   Where do we find X Windows libraries? /opt/local/lib

Yes, I know.  In this case, the arguments you pass are directly stored
and reported.

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