[CMake] Re: FIND_PATH / FIND_LIBRARY order

[Matthew Woehlke]

Bill Hoffman wrote:
> gga wrote:
>> [snippage]
>> Okay, no comments so far, so I logged it as a bug -- see bug #5156.
>
> So, I guess it depends on the UNIX system you are using... 

Possibly. On Linux (at least in my experience) it is definitely expected 
that /usr/local overrides /usr.

> Say on Solaris or HPUX I would expect /usr to come before /usr/local,
> at least for the system compiler.

Really? That surprises me, but I'll take your word for it.

> It seems a bit dangerous
> to have a system that has different versions of things in /usr and 
> /usr/local, and to expect the /usr/local one to be picked first.

Again, in my experience that's normal. On Linux, packages are typically 
installed in /usr, and source-built things traditionally go in 
/usr/local. /usr/local is generally used for newer versions or versions 
built specially for the box (as opposed to a generic distro-provided 
package). IOW /usr/local generally has newer/better stuff that the 
"stock" /usr.

-- 
Matthew
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