Re: LD_LIBRARY_PATH does not supersede /usr/lib for AC_CHECK_LIB ?

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Thu, 19 Aug 2004, Stephan A Suerken wrote:
> The check works fine when I remove the old library from /usr/lib.
>
> Afaik, LD_LIBRARY_PATHs, if set, should have precedence over standard
> paths. So, is this a bug in the AC_CHECK_LIB macro, or do I have to
> configure something differently?

You should use the LDFLAGS variable with -L options to tell configure 
where to search for libraries.  Autoconf should not be using 
LD_LIBRARY_PATH at all.

Consult the Autoconf documentation. :-)

Bob
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