[PPL-devel] Re: [SWIPL] Suggestion for the DarwinPorts version of SWI-Prolog

[Roberto Bagnara]

Paulo Moura wrote:
> On MacOS X, when installing SWI-Prolog using DarwinPorts (including  the 
> installers available from the SWI-Prolog web site), the above  header 
> files are installed on /opt/local/lib/swipl-x.y.zz/include/. A  possible 
> solution would be to create links to the header files on / 
> opt/local/include/.

Yes, this is what I meant.  What I wanted to say is whether you plan
to modify your install procedure so that this link is performed
automatically (to match what happens on the Unix/GNU world) or if you
think this is the job of third-party software providers, like ourselves.

>> P.S. BTW, why /opt/local instead of /usr/local?
> 
> 
> To ensure that DarwinPorts installed software does not depend or  
> interfere with MacOS X provided software and libraries, creating a  
> nightmare of dependencies (not to mention that upgrading MacOS X can  
> wipe out /usr).

Thanks for the explanation.
Cheers,

    Roberto

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