Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 01:59:26 +0100 From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/Mk bsd.autotools.mk Message-ID: <86irqpwy35.fsf@xps.des.no> In-Reply-To: <200602231043.k1NAhYlr080084@repoman.freebsd.org> (Ade Lovett's message of "Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:43:34 %2B0000 (UTC)") References: <200602231043.k1NAhYlr080084@repoman.freebsd.org>
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Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org> writes: > * all the legacy hacks to libtool that we have been saddled with > over the years have been removed. (eg: .la files are now > installed) This brings us in line not only with Linux > distributions, but also pkgsrc. .la files are useless on an ELF system, and may be harmful if you are trying to cross-build software that links against libraries for which .la files are installed. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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