Add warning about default prefix and library paths to README

Fixes #467

Signed-off-by: Jérémie Galarneau <jeremie.galarneau@efficios.com>
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>

diff --git a/README b/README
index 4b3053c84d523eaa5b45eca2941d8f7e8206b239..2a335ceccac6d2cddecf82591525c56e8aecc7f4 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
   If compiling from the git repository, run ./bootstrap before running
   the configure script, to generate it.
 
+  Note that configure sets '/usr/local' as the default prefix for files it
+  installs. However, this path is not part of most distributions' default
+  library path which will cause builds depending on liblttng-ust to fail unless
+  '-L/usr/local/lib' is added to LDFLAGS. You may provide a custom prefix to
+  configure by using the --prefix switch.
 
 USAGE: