[OE-core] [RFC] .la files cleanup

2011-10-03 Thread Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
Proposal: extend some bbclass with a task to remove unused .la files Rationale: There are lots of recipes, which install tons of .la files (thanks libtool), but then do not ship them (correctly as most of them are unused in real systems). My proposal would be to include a special task or a

Re: [OE-core] [RFC] .la files cleanup

2011-10-03 Thread Richard Purdie
On Mon, 2011-10-03 at 14:58 +0400, Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov wrote: Proposal: extend some bbclass with a task to remove unused .la files Rationale: There are lots of recipes, which install tons of .la files (thanks libtool), but then do not ship them (correctly as most of them are unused in

Re: [OE-core] [RFC] .la files cleanup

2011-10-03 Thread Phil Blundell
On Mon, 2011-10-03 at 14:58 +0400, Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov wrote: My proposal would be to include a special task or a do_install_append() part that will remove specified .la files. (like ${libdir}/xorg/modules/*/.la, ${libdir}/matchbox-panel/*.la, etc.). I see this usually done in do_install

Re: [OE-core] [RFC] .la files cleanup

2011-10-03 Thread Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
On 10/03/2011 06:55 PM, Phil Blundell wrote: On Mon, 2011-10-03 at 14:58 +0400, Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov wrote: My proposal would be to include a special task or a do_install_append() part that will remove specified .la files. (like ${libdir}/xorg/modules/*/.la, ${libdir}/matchbox-panel/*.la,

Re: [OE-core] [RFC] .la files cleanup

2011-10-03 Thread Khem Raj
On 10/3/2011 7:55 AM, Phil Blundell wrote: On Mon, 2011-10-03 at 14:58 +0400, Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov wrote: My proposal would be to include a special task or a do_install_append() part that will remove specified .la files. (like ${libdir}/xorg/modules/*/.la, ${libdir}/matchbox-panel/*.la,