Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:22:17 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Mikhail Teterin <mi+kde@aldan.algebra.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> Subject: Re: NOT installing the .la files Message-ID: <20060612112217.tj1n52mv44wwogw4@netchild.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <200606112151.36690@aldan> References: <200606112110.39148@aldan> <20060612012124.GA22951@soaustin.net> <200606112151.36690@aldan>
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Quoting Mikhail Teterin <mi+kde@aldan.algebra.com> (from Sun, 11 Jun =20
2006 21:51:36 -0400):
> On Sunday 11 June 2006 21:21, Mark Linimon wrote:
> =3D Unavoidable, for KDE; and thus, not worth spending all the time modify=
ing
> =3D ports to either install them or not. This makes maintainance a lot ea=
sier.
>
> Well, they are all installed by the same ${LOCALBASE}/bin/libtool
>
> =09/bin/sh /opt/bin/libtool --mode=3Dinstall /usr/bin/install -c \
> =09=09libmimetic.la /opt/lib/libmimetic.la
>
> The script is installed by its port, which could patch it to ignore the .l=
a
> files altogether -- keeping the maintaince of the rest of the ports just a=
s
> simple and the filesystem slightly cleaner
>
> There are 321 .la files on my system, for example. Do I need this junk?
If you use KDE: yes (maybe not all, but some of them).
I don't know why, but my first guess is they load <lib>.la instead of =20
<lib>.so in case they use dlopen() or the corresponding function of =20
libltdl.
Strictly speaking the .la files are not needed on a lot of common =20
platforms. But on some system they may be needed. At the time we did =20
not install the .la files, I whould support you in the removal of =20
those files, but since the current policy is to use the vendor =20
supplied functionality I suggest to not remove the .la files.
You could try to convince the vendor that they are not needed on =20
current platforms. A litte bit of backward compatibility has to be =20
added then, e.g. if libltdl gets asked to load a .la it should look =20
for .so instead on those platforms.
Bye,
Alexander.
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