Re: Newbie Question --debug

[Dan Kegel]

Maurice Turcotte wrote:
> Yes, I have looked at config.log.
>
> It says "checking for ioctl.h" but
> it doesn't say where it is checking. Is it
> checking in /usr/include? Is it checking in
> /opt/toolchains....? How do I find out?

Read the configure script and try to understand it.
It's daunting, but worth learning how to do.
Focus in on just the section in question,
and compare it with the configure.in script
to get a higher-level view of what's going on.
'set -x' is also very helpful, but you have to
know where to put it.
- Dan


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