Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 15:22:25 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> Cc: kris@obsecurity.org, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: howto stop port from installing .la files ? Message-ID: <20030305152225.0ee02721.Alexander@Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <200302282220.20794.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.53.0302272130150.72813@e0-0.zab2.int.zabbadoz.net> <20030227214652.GV37397@procyon.firepipe.net> <20030227223051.GA91669@rot13.obsecurity.org> <200302282220.20794.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
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On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 22:20:17 +0100
Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> wrote:
> > > Why would you want to do that? Maybe there is something that
> > > depends on your port and uses lt_dlopen() to load one of its libs?
> >
> > It's a policy that we shouldn't install .la files, because as far as
> > anyone knows they are useless on FreeBSD.
>
> That is a myth, and a dangerously wrong one at that. If only netchild and
> sobomax wouldn't cling to it like they do.
I will have a look at the libtool docs again (as suggested by you in
another message) later...
But if it is just because lt_dlopen fails to open the lib if there's no
.la file, then it is IMHO a bug (either in libltdl or in our port).
Maybe I also get time to investigate this issue at the source level...
Bye,
Alexander.
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