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Subject: Re: libtool's raison d'etre (Re: NOT installing the .la files)
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On Friday 16 June 2006 17:08, Peter Jeremy wrote:
= By default, libtool will do its own dependency management. šThis can result
= in massively poor startup performance (eg 15 minutes instead of 5-10 seconds
= for gnucash).

Yep, I remember this problem... In my view of the world, this gnucash incident 
is just another good reason to not use the .la files... And another 
illustration for how bad trading the cleanliness and performance for the 
porter's convenience can sometimes get.

	-mi