From owner-freebsd-ports Sat Mar 1 8:37:11 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54E8237B401 for ; Sat, 1 Mar 2003 08:37:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (rdu57-17-158.nc.rr.com [66.57.17.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7300143F3F for ; Sat, 1 Mar 2003 08:37:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from [10.2.1.4] (vpn-client-4.marcuscom.com [10.2.1.4]) by creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (8.12.7/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h21Ga9ZX061833; Sat, 1 Mar 2003 11:36:09 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Subject: Re: howto stop port from installing .la files ? From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: Michael Nottebrock Cc: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" , Kris Kennaway , ports@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <200303011732.59310.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> References: <200303011713.19351.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> <1046535678.310.5.camel@gyros> <200303011732.59310.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-G3uN8RZKe+EA7qNTudfQ" Organization: MarcusCom, Inc. Message-Id: <1046536616.310.8.camel@gyros> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 Date: 01 Mar 2003 11:36:56 -0500 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-32.4 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,PGP_SIGNATURE_2, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES autolearn=ham version=2.50 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org --=-G3uN8RZKe+EA7qNTudfQ Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 11:32, Michael Nottebrock wrote: > On Saturday 01 March 2003 17:21, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 11:13, Michael Nottebrock wrote: >=20 > > My advice is to see if your port will work without them. If not, > > install them, and note why you're doing it. >=20 > That's not good advice, because you cannot know what _other_ applications= =20 > might want to lt_dlopen(ext) the libraries your port installs. Like I said, in all my porting, I've only run across two instances where this has been the case. It's very easy to go back and install the .la files should they be needed later. However, this is a _very_ rare thing. Joe --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-G3uN8RZKe+EA7qNTudfQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA+YOGob2iPiv4Uz4cRArUkAJ9GShb2DS/MMtJTJ/9r3ZQpKc0foQCffiTo S/2YhLXg82jHXZu3IsBYP8E= =c/5K -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-G3uN8RZKe+EA7qNTudfQ-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message