Laszlo (Laca) Peter wrote: > 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 > >
Please. And hit /usr/lib/evolution-data-server-1.2/camel-providers/libcamelexchange.la while you're at it.... - Bart -- Bart Smaalders Solaris Kernel Performance barts at cyber.eng.sun.com http://blogs.sun.com/barts
