Resolution of the library-path mess

[Eric S. Raymond]

Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net>:
> >>> I'll add language to INSTALL that one should make sure this directory 
> exists
> >>> so as not to step on any distribution copy of the ntp library.  
> >> That doesn't sound strong enough.  It's too easy to accidentally screw up.
> 
> > What would your recommend instead?
> 
> I'm not sure.  This whole mess is mostly over my head.
> 
> How about making waf install do the check?  I think that means adding an 
> option to bypass the check in case that's what you really want.  Or maybe 
> just explicitly telling it where is good enough if that directory exists.

As usual, I thing adding an option is a bad substitute for figuring out
what the right thing is and doing it.

It would be easy enough to throw a warning if the desired /usr/local directory
doesn't exist.
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