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Diffstat (limited to 'sysdeps/unix')
| -rw-r--r-- | sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure.in | 17 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure.in b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure.in index 486b10d7cb..5362d45aab 100644 --- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure.in +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure.in @@ -185,6 +185,23 @@ if test "$linuxthreads_missing"; then fi fi +if test "$prefix" = "/usr/local" -o "$prefix" = "/usr/local/" -o "$prefix" = "NONE"; then + if test $enable_sanity = yes; then + echo "\ +*** On GNU/Linux systems the GNU C Library should not be installed into +*** /usr/local since this might make your system totally unusable. +*** We strongly advise to use a different prefix. For details read the FAQ. +*** If you really mean to do this, run configure again using the extra +*** parameter \`--disable-sanity-checks'." + exit 1 + else + echo "\ +*** WARNING: Do you really want to install the GNU C Library into /usr/local? +*** This might make your system totally unusable, for details read the FAQ." + fi +fi + + # One Linux we use ldconfig. use_ldconfig=yes |