On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 08:09:32AM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote: > Which doesn't, in any way, promote the idea that we should keep the .la > files. People who need/want a statically linked binary often want to > control exactly *which* libraries are statically linked, and will build > the link command by hand.
This is probably true when performance tuning. However, when I prepare a binary to submit to a supercomputer, or an executable for a CD (that should Just Work when I pull it out after two years), I usually just plonk in a '-static' and be done with it. I'd hate to see this functionality go. If you ever tried to get, say, ten static libs in the right order for a medium-sized application, you know what tedious task I'm taking about. From my personal point of view, removal of .la files would significantly degrade Debian's usability as a build platform. Daniel.
