Bug#312533: Bug#343476: graphviz-dev: Libraries are stored in uncommon directory

2005-12-15 Thread John Ellson
Robert Sander wrote: On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 10:23:33AM -0500, John Ellson wrote: They are stored in an unusual place to avoid any potential for namespace collisions in /usr/lib on 10 varieties of Unix. But we are talking about Debian here, which is one variety of GNU/Linux. LD_L

Bug#312533: Bug#343476: graphviz-dev: Libraries are stored in uncommon directory

2005-12-15 Thread Robert Sander
On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 10:23:33AM -0500, John Ellson wrote: > They are stored in an unusual place to avoid any potential for namespace > collisions in /usr/lib on 10 varieties of Unix. But we are talking about Debian here, which is one variety of GNU/Linux. > LD_LIBRARY_PATH is not recommended

Bug#343476: graphviz-dev: Libraries are stored in uncommon directory

2005-12-15 Thread John Ellson
Robert Sander wrote: Package: graphviz-dev Version: 2.2.1-1sarge1 Severity: important Hi! When compiling a program and linking it to graphviz libraries one need to supply -L/usr/lib/graphviz and extend LD_LIBRARY_PATH with that directory, otherwise linking and execution will fail. Why are the

Bug#343476: graphviz-dev: Libraries are stored in uncommon directory

2005-12-15 Thread Robert Sander
Package: graphviz-dev Version: 2.2.1-1sarge1 Severity: important Hi! When compiling a program and linking it to graphviz libraries one need to supply -L/usr/lib/graphviz and extend LD_LIBRARY_PATH with that directory, otherwise linking and execution will fail. Why are the libraries not stored in