Re: Re xt5250 and 132 column issues....

[Scott Klement <tn5250@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would *strongly* recommend NOT installing lib5250 into /usr/lib. 

James isn't a FreeBSD person, and he doesn't understand the FreeBSD 
philosophy.  In FreeBSD, /usr/local is for stuff installed by 3rd party 
packages, etc.  /usr is for stuff that's part of FreeBSD. 

Typing "setenv LIBS -L/usr/local/lib" before configuring/building x5250 
isn't that hard.  (setenv is for csh/tcsh... if you use sh, ksh or bash, 
use "export LIBS=-L/usr/local/lib" instead).

If you install into /usr, then you may find your next upgrade of FreeBSD 
deleting the file.  Or some administrator might decide to move your 
software over to a new box by saving/restoring /usr/local and installing 
/usr fresh, causing you to lose parts of tn5250.

Since it's FreeBSD...  use the FreeBSD philosophy and install in 
/usr/local!!


James Rich wrote:
> Scott Klement reports that on his FreeBSD system he can't get x5250's 
> configure to find lib5250 if it installed in /usr/local/lib.  Scott is no 
> slouch, so if x5250 can't find it then it is probably a problem with 
> x5250.  Use Scott's solution which posted a few minutes ago or install 
> tn5250 in /usr.  I always use the second option.  If you want to install 
> in /usr just build tn5250 like this:
>