Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 11:02:37 +0200 From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?utf-8?Q?Sm=C3=B8rgrav?=) To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df@mired.org>, Ivan Voras <ivoras@fer.hr> Subject: Re: New FreeBSD package system (a.k.a. Daemon Package System (dps)) Message-ID: <86k5vf3f82.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20070511084026.GA59508@xor.obsecurity.org> (Kris Kennaway's message of "Fri\, 11 May 2007 04\:40\:27 -0400") References: <200705102105.27271.blackdragon@highveldmail.co.za> <f20c8u$htp$1@sea.gmane.org> <17987.52037.112351.872442@bhuda.mired.org> <20070511015156.GA77895@xor.obsecurity.org> <86zm4b3h7h.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20070511082657.GA24652@xor.obsecurity.org> <86sla33gkm.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20070511084026.GA59508@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> writes: > On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 10:33:29AM +0200, Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav wrote: > > The existence of .la files is a bug. > > > > We already have a mechanism for recording dependencies between > > libraries; it's built into the ELF format, and does not require > > hardcoding any directories. Introducing .la files which override the > > existing mechanism and *do* hardcode directories is a regression. > > > > I don't buy the argument that "KDE won't build without them", or > > whatever it was you used to justify this. > I can't help it that you weren't paying attention. My point is that the argument is bogus. I am positively certain that the root issue was not the absence of .la files; installing them merely served as a workaround for the actual problem, which was most likely related to ldconfig and / or LD_LIBRARY_PATH. This is like the (apocryphal) story of the car that wouldn't start on the way back from the store when the owner went to buy ice cream - but only if he bought vanilla. The correct fix is not to buy a different flavor. Once you realize that the vanilla ice cream is right next to the check-out register while the others are deeper within the store and therefore take considerably longer to get, you start looking for vapor lock. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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