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I'm trying to compile some packages by my own,

I get an error "dir.h no such file or directory"

I could find that header (and some others) under /usr/include/sys directory but the compile doesn't seek for that,

on the package file I try to compile I see "#include <sys/dir.h>"
how do I make the compiler look into /usr/include/sys ?

thanks.

Help us in trying to help you mate :)

What package, how are you compiling it?

Cheers,
Tink

daemontools (required by tinydns)

I just get an error "dir.h no such file" although this file exists under /usr/include/sys :)

thanks.

Never seen those ... now, are you getting that error
from running make, are you firing up the compiler
manually? If it's from a Makefile, the first thing to check
would be whether the appropriate path(s) to includes
is/are set .... look at your Makefile and locate
-I, or a variable called INCLUDE.

Cheers,
Tink

What tells the compile to look into /usr/include or any other include directories by default?

when you specify in the source code include <aaa.h> where the compile look by default?

(if you'r not specifying the -I)


by the way, did you ever use daemontools?

By default it should look in /usr/include,
if the source has an include directive like
#include <sys/dir.h>
the compiler should find /usr/include/sys/dir.h

If it doesn't, you need to pass this information
to the compiler via
And no, I haven't used daemontools ...

And you still haven't told me HOW you're
trying to compile them.

Cheers,
Tink

you just run an install script, which calls another script that calls another one :) I have to look inside the code and try to manage that, anyway, your information helped me much, I'll try to solve that prob :)

thanks a lot.