From owner-freebsd-ports Mon Mar 1 23:32:48 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from shale.csir.co.za (shale.csir.co.za [146.64.46.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53CCE14D2C for ; Mon, 1 Mar 1999 23:30:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from reg@shale.csir.co.za) Received: (from reg@localhost) by shale.csir.co.za (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA71224; Tue, 2 Mar 1999 09:29:13 +0200 (SAT) (envelope-from reg) Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 09:29:13 +0200 From: Jeremy Lea To: Chuck Robey Cc: FreeBSD Ports Team Subject: Re: all those .la files Message-ID: <19990302092913.E47693@shale.csir.co.za> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: ; from Chuck Robey on Mon, Mar 01, 1999 at 10:51:08PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, On Mon, Mar 01, 1999 at 10:51:08PM -0500, Chuck Robey wrote: > Every one of our posts that uses the new libtool monstrosity installs, > along with the libraries, at least one (and sometimes several) files > ending with .la. These are useless ascii files that clutter up the > library directories with no use to life other than to obscure listings > of your libs (when you're trying to find "real" libs). > > How about changing portlint to where it catches any installed filename > starting in "lib" and ending in ".la" and complains that the file should > be manually 'terminated with extreme prejudice'? Yet another reason to consider moving all the libtool ports to use a local copy of libtool. 1. No more shared lib patches. 2. Can patch it to add thinggs like '11d' to the installed libs. 3. Can not install .la files. 4. Regards, -Jeremy -- | "In this world of temptation, I will stand for what is right. --+-- With a heart of salvation, I will hold up the light. | If I live or if I die, if I laugh or if I cry, | in this world of temptation, I will stand." -Pam Thum To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message