On Sat, 2007-03-10 at 12:10 +0100, Frank Van Der Linden wrote: > In > general, generated *-config scripts and arguments recorded in libtool > .la files can leave lots to be desired. I really dislike the *-config > scripts, but I did notice that some packages depend on them when > building, to get info on others they depend on. > > It would be a good idea to document all such issues in SFW and figure > out a way to properly fix them.
The best way to fix .la files is deleting them. Everything works fine without them, in fact things work better. laca at ferrari:~> ls /usr/sfw/lib/lib*.la /usr/sfw/lib/libMagick++.la /usr/sfw/lib/libgthread.la /usr/sfw/lib/libMagick.la /usr/sfw/lib/libgtk.la /usr/sfw/lib/liba2ps.la /usr/sfw/lib/libnetsnmp.la /usr/sfw/lib/libg2c.la /usr/sfw/lib/libnetsnmpagent.la /usr/sfw/lib/libgdk.la /usr/sfw/lib/libnetsnmphelpers.la /usr/sfw/lib/libgimpprint.la /usr/sfw/lib/libnetsnmpmibs.la /usr/sfw/lib/libglib.la /usr/sfw/lib/libstdc++.la /usr/sfw/lib/libgmodule.la /usr/sfw/lib/libsupc++.la All these should go. Shall I file bugs? Laca
