Public bug reported:
Packages usually have prefix=/usr/local unless the user overrides it
(./configure --prefix=???). If Ubuntu users follow the simple
'./configure && make && sudo make install' guide packages will install
libraries into /usr/local/lib. But since ld doesn't search that
directory, applications fail to start or work.
I'm a software developer and everytime someone tells me the application
doesn't work on his Ubuntu/Debian box, I can immediately assume that
it's due to the above problem. It's not just my package that's broken
(with the default settings) because of that, it's all packages that are
out there. So it would make much more sense to add /usr/local/lib to the
ld search path than telling Ubuntu/Debian users to do it by hand or use
--prefix=/usr.
** Affects: Ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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Add /usr/local/lib to ld search path
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120608
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