Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 18:16:43 +0300 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> To: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> Cc: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: .la files in ports, maintainers please fix them Message-ID: <3CC6CC5B.430AF037@FreeBSD.org> References: <200204241425.g3OEPhsY085341@Magelan.Leidinger.net> <200204241646.19518.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
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Michael Nottebrock wrote: > > On Wednesday 24 April 2002 16:25, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > > On 24 Apr, Michael Nottebrock wrote: > > >> I have a report from someone who has 134k of those useless (for us) > > >> files. > > > > > > I am not so sure about that anymore, could you please recap for me why > > > they are useless for us? I have not been able to find proper > > > documentation about that issue. > > > > Have a look at such a file with e.g. less. It's plain text. We don't > > need them to link working programs. They may be needed on other > > platforms, but not on FreeBSD. > > What about > http://developer.kde.org/documentation/library/3.0-api/classref/kdecore/KLibLoader.html#library > ,for instance, then? Most of the description there is untrue. Properly linked ELF shared objects contain all information necessary for resolving dependencies, so that adding .la on top of that it just waste of disk space, CPU time and developer's time. -Maxim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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