Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 17:13:18 +0100 From: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> To: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Subject: Re: howto stop port from installing .la files ? Message-ID: <200303011713.19351.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.53.0303011335320.738@e0-0.zab2.int.zabbadoz.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.53.0302272130150.72813@e0-0.zab2.int.zabbadoz.net> <20030227223051.GA91669@rot13.obsecurity.org> <Pine.BSF.4.53.0303011335320.738@e0-0.zab2.int.zabbadoz.net>
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On Saturday 01 March 2003 14:40, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Kris Kennaway wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> thanks for your answers. The gnome hack did not help either as some
> things were hard coded in static Makefiles ...
>
> > It's a policy that we shouldn't install .la files, because as far as
> > anyone knows they are useless on FreeBSD.
>
> I have far too few knowledge about this so would it be possible to
> explain a bit more or do your have a pointer where to find more
> information on this ("useless on FreeBSD") ?
At least not in FreeBSD docs. Will explained it quite well in this thread why
they are NOT useless, you can read more on dlopen() and its
libltdl-counterparts lt_dlopen() and lt_dlopenext() in dlopen's manpage and
in libtool's documentation, which is available in several places on the net.
--
Regards,
Michael Nottebrock
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