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Date:      Wed, 24 Mar 2004 01:09:09 +0100
From:      Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Cc:        Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/devel/libvanessa_adt Makefile pkg-plist ports/devel/libvanessa_adt/files patch-ltmain.sh
Message-ID:  <200403240109.09430.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0403231422350.6103-100000@pancho>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.44.0403231422350.6103-100000@pancho>

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On Tuesday 23 March 2004 21:24, Mark Linimon wrote:

> Although it has indeed been discussed to death, it has never made
> it into the Porter's Handbook.  Since you are familiar with the
> rationale (I, personally, do not remember), could you possibly
> summarize the purpose that they serve so that I can write up a PR
> against the Handbook? =20

lt_dlopen() from libltdl requires libtool-archives in order to work. There =
is=20
no consensus about the question if a working lt_dlopen is worth having=20
libtool archives installed by all ports which do provide them by default=20
(many do). Some people have suggested to fix libltdl to use FreeBSD's nativ=
e=20
dlopen(), however, to my knowledge there have been no patches against liblt=
dl=20
as of date and many projects include libltdl in their own sources if they'r=
e=20
using it.

Also, it should be noted that the prime motivation to remove ".la files" ar=
e=20
the warnings from portlint (and sometimes complaints from users/committers=
=20
who do not know about libltdl). If those warnings were removed, there would=
=20
be no requirement to additionally document anything, IMHO.

=2D-=20
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