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diff --git a/buildtools/README.pkg b/buildtools/README.pkg index b2a6b0ef..e544cbb7 100644 --- a/buildtools/README.pkg +++ b/buildtools/README.pkg @@ -69,6 +69,16 @@ The parts to be installed are: that is in the default search path of your compiler. Typical directories for this are /usr/include and /usr/local/include. + All of the files are meant to be named like <netpbm/xxx.h> for C + #include purposes, which means on an ordinary system, they are + installed in a directory named "netpbm". Thus, they are organized + this way in the package. BUT: until Netpbm 10.41 (December 2007), + they were packaged for, and customarily used, just as <xxx.h>. + Therefore, for backward compatibility, it is a good idea to make + symbolic links from the parent directory into the netpbm/ + directory. But as that may pollute your namespace, you may prefer + just to make all users migrate to the <netpbm/xxx.h> form. + Data Files These are files that you can use for various purposes as input to |