From ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk  Thu Dec  3 13:00:51 2009
From: ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk (Prof Brian Ripley)
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 12:00:51 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [Rd] ./configure warning (PR#14104)
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References: <20091202140511.662362831FFB@mail.pubhealth.ku.dk>
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0912031156200.6400@gannet.stats.ox.ac.uk>

It's odd to have a architecture-specific directory (bin) under a 
no-architecture one (/usr/share).

But why have you filed a question as a bug report?  See the section 
BUGS in the FAQ.

Simply, configure looks along your path for executables, so set the 
path suitably when running configure: it captures the full paths of 
the selected exectuables.  E.g. I have

R_LATEXCMD=${R_LATEXCMD-${LATEX-'/usr/texbin/latex'}}

because I had /usr/texbin in my path when I configured R.


On Wed, 2 Dec 2009, thoralf.dassler at gmail.com wrote:

> Full_Name:
> Version: devel_2009-12-01
> OS: Linux
> Submission from: (NULL) (146.87.149.164)
>
>
> Can ./configure be made/told to look in
>
> /usr/share/texmf/bin
> instead of
> /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin
>
> for pdftex and pdflatex?
>
> This saves me from creating symlinks, which, once there, create issues with
> other programmes I am trying to compile.
>
> Thanks
>
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[Rd] ./configure warning (PR#14104)
Prof Brian Ripley