Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:52:48 -0800 From: Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org>, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/Mk bsd.autotools.mk Message-ID: <1CBF3284-9303-4C26-B96E-4FF1C8EF30A0@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <86lkvi8ynb.fsf@xps.des.no> References: <200602231043.k1NAhYlr080084@repoman.freebsd.org> <86irqpwy35.fsf@xps.des.no> <C7DB396E-DEC9-4990-A7DA-499D5285344F@FreeBSD.org> <86lkvi8ynb.fsf@xps.des.no>
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On Mar 10, 2006, at 00:58 , Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > The purpose of .la files is to record dependencies between libraries. I am fully aware of .la files do. Really. > The ELF format stores these dependencies in the libraries themselves, > so the .la files serve no purpose, and it's actually harmful in some > cases because it hardcodes the path to the .so file, preventing > relocation of the library. Then submit an appropriate bug report with the libtool folks as to =20 why this is such a bad idea. I am purposely *not* going to get drawn =20= into any arguments whatsoever on the pros and cons of libtool itself. The point of the recent, and pending work, is to remove a lot of =20 FreeBSD-specific differences to the ports that make developing on =20 FreeBSD on a multi-platform basis considerably harder than, say, =20 Linux, or a pkgsrc system. -aDe
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