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Date:      Fri, 28 Feb 2003 22:20:17 +0100
From:      Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: howto stop port from installing .la files ?
Message-ID:  <200302282220.20794.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
In-Reply-To: <20030227223051.GA91669@rot13.obsecurity.org>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.53.0302272130150.72813@e0-0.zab2.int.zabbadoz.net> <20030227214652.GV37397@procyon.firepipe.net> <20030227223051.GA91669@rot13.obsecurity.org>

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On Thursday 27 February 2003 23:30, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 01:46:52PM -0800, Will Andrews wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 09:33:03PM +0000, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
> > > is there a proof way to stop a port from installing .la files ?
> >
> > Why would you want to do that?  Maybe there is something that
> > depends on your port and uses lt_dlopen() to load one of its libs?
>
> It's a policy that we shouldn't install .la files, because as far as
> anyone knows they are useless on FreeBSD.

That is a myth, and a dangerously wrong one at that. If only netchild and=20
sobomax wouldn't cling to it like they do.

=2D-=20
Regards,
	Michael Nottebrock
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