Ken Moffat wrote: > On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 04:33:41PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 09:57:21AM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >>> >>> For linux, the .la files are just not needed. They will be used if >>> present, but the only problem I've ever had was when some .la files are >>> present and dependent files are deleted. The solution has always been >>> rm /usr/lib/*.la >>> >> The missing dependent files *might* have been why I had problems in >> the past. At the moment I'm renaming all my .la files and the build >> itself has been fine. But the only update I've made has been to >> firefox-20 on one of the systems (the others were built with that >> version). When I had problems in the past it was several months >> into the systems' life, so for me this is like the results of the >> French Revolution : too early to say. >> > Also, it turns out I'm only doing that for libtool archives in /usr > (I based the process on what I do for static libs). It turns out > I've still got *many* in directories below /usr/lib. <sigh/>
find /usr/lib -name \*.la -delete -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
