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From: Matthias Andree <ma@dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 15:21:50 +0100
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Subject: libtool .la file policy?
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Hi,

what is the policy on libtool .la files? Do we install them or do we try
to avoid them whenever possible? It seems libtool is smart enough to
figure the link path by itself even when the .la file is missing, as
long as the libraries are in a somewhat standard search path.

Thanks,

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Matthias Andree

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