Re: [Caml-list] Compiler ActiveDVI (CVS)

[Ian Zimmerman <itz@speakeasy.org>]

Jacques> The point is that the "right" way to compile an extension to
Jacques> ocaml is to use ocamlc, which will automatically add
Jacques> /usr/lib/ocaml to the include path. 

Interesting point.  I have hacked on a few extensions, but I _always_
just called gcc directly.  Somehow the fact that ocamlc is a full
driver just like gcc doesn't easily enter one's consciousness, I'm
afraid.  Also, when one uses things like autoconf and hairy makefile
rules, direct use of the C compiler is more conveient (think of all
the -ccopt stuff you'd have to pass...)

itz> The way I did it when I built Ocaml from sources was with a
itz> symlink, so that it existed in both places.

Jacques> A symlink avoids all these problems. And if you do it
Jacques> yourself, you know that you're doing something nonstandard,
Jacques> and will no bother the developpers with this.

I was suggesting that the link be a part of the package.  Users are
not supposed to touch /usr/include on Debian.

Best regards,

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