Re: Are *.la files supposed to be executable?

Hi Jeff, On Sat, 9 Jan 2021, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I'm auditing $prefix for ownership and permissions. I noticed *.la > files are executable: > > $ ls -Al /usr/local/lib/libgettextlib.la > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1078 Jan 8 15:58 /usr/local/lib/libgettextlib.la [snip] >

Are *.la files supposed to be executable?

Hi Everyone, I'm auditing $prefix for ownership and permissions. I noticed *.la files are executable: $ ls -Al /usr/local/lib/libgettextlib.la -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1078 Jan 8 15:58 /usr/local/lib/libgettextlib.la And: $ file -bi /usr/local/lib/libgettextlib.la text/plain; charset=us-ascii