On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Earnie <ear...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Ozkan Sezer wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Vincent Torri >> <vincent.to...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> hey >>> >>> did you remove the .la files ? >>> >> >> Nope, didn't bother. If theyare causing trouble, the developers can >> remove them by themselves. >> > > The .la files are specific to your environment. Therefore they should > not be distributed in binary packages. I find it not very kind for the > end user to have to worry about the contents of the distributed binary > package because it screws up their environment since the distributor > "didn't bother" and included files that pertain to his unique environment. >
Well, these are my "personal" builds which I am sharing with others, so I have every right to not bother doing something this trivial that anyone else can do. If there's someone out there who volunteers to extract the packages, remove those *.la files, repackage them and reupload the 300+ mb thing, then I'm not holding anyone's hand. > Earnie > P.S.: I started not to send this after I wrote it but then decided I > still needed to say it. You can tell tar to exclude the files when you > build the archive or use find to remove them before you build the > archive. It's bothersome more in Windows than in Linux because in Linux > the package is built on the fly or is stored in a common location like > /usr/local. In Windows the drive letter often gets in the way if the > user decides to put the build environment somewhere besides the one the > distributor used. -- O.S. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list Mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
