Hello. As far as I know, .la files are text files created by libtool. They give information about a library such as libungif.la is about libungif.so. They are needed to a new software to check the existence, path, version and dependencies (flags) of this library. In the past, I had to change some lines from a .la file to get a new software to work, but I cant remember right now.
If you are moving these files to /opt/foo, I think you must pass a: LDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS -L/opt/foo/lib -L/opt/lib/foo1.../lib.... for each package you install and this really seens ugly. Maybe symlinks will be the best solution for you. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
