From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 8 00:59:32 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91FD616A420; Wed, 8 Mar 2006 00:59:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (tim.des.no [194.63.250.121]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2134E43D4C; Wed, 8 Mar 2006 00:59:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spam.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDF452081; Wed, 8 Mar 2006 01:59:26 +0100 (CET) X-Spam-Tests: AWL,BAYES_00,FORGED_RCVD_HELO X-Spam-Learn: ham X-Spam-Score: -2.4/3.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on tim.des.no Received: from xps.des.no (des.no [80.203.243.180]) by tim.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0AA42080; Wed, 8 Mar 2006 01:59:26 +0100 (CET) Received: by xps.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 9CB9533C8B; Wed, 8 Mar 2006 01:59:26 +0100 (CET) From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Ade Lovett References: <200602231043.k1NAhYlr080084@repoman.freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 01:59:26 +0100 In-Reply-To: <200602231043.k1NAhYlr080084@repoman.freebsd.org> (Ade Lovett's message of "Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:43:34 +0000 (UTC)") Message-ID: <86irqpwy35.fsf@xps.des.no> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/Mk bsd.autotools.mk X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 00:59:32 -0000 Ade Lovett 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