Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 08:01:32 -0700 From: Will Andrews <will@csociety.org> To: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: .la files again Message-ID: <20030424150132.GI1836@procyon.firepipe.net> In-Reply-To: <20030424144359.GH65428@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> References: <20030424144359.GH65428@pcwin002.win.tue.nl>
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On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 04:43:59PM +0200, Stijn Hoop wrote: > I got another software package that keeps insisting on installing .la > files. Seeing as the previous discussion (in the archives around > March 1) didn't really get resolved, I'd like to ask: IIRC, no one could refute my opinion to any significant degree: .la files do not hurt anything (and are potentially useful). Even if they are useless for a particular third-party distribution, you don't really need to put a big effort into removing them. After all, they are but a few KB of disk. There are bigger fish to fry. Regards, -- wca
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