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On Mar 07, 2006, at 16:59 , Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote:
> .la files are useless on an ELF system

Cite, please?  Given that around 35% of our libtool-using ports =20
already installed .la files prior to this change, as well as =20
extensive use of them in Linux and NetBSD's pkgsrc (both of which run =20=

on ELF-based systems, last time I checked), I'm sure any such =20
critical problems would have been found by now.

> , and may be harmful if you are
> trying to cross-build software that links against libraries for which
> .la files are installed.

Again, please cite, particularly given the capability to cross-build =20
pkgsrc.

-aDe