Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 16:52:44 +0200 (CEST) From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: michaelnottebrock@gmx.net Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: .la files in ports, maintainers please fix them Message-ID: <200204241452.g3OEqisY092634@Magelan.Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <200204241646.19518.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
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On 24 Apr, Michael Nottebrock wrote: >> >> I have a report from someone who has 134k of those useless (for us) >> >> files. >> > >> > I am not so sure about that anymore, could you please recap for me why >> > they are useless for us? I have not been able to find proper >> > documentation about that issue. >> >> Have a look at such a file with e.g. less. It's plain text. We don't >> need them to link working programs. They may be needed on other >> platforms, but not on FreeBSD. > > What about > http://developer.kde.org/documentation/library/3.0-api/classref/kdecore/KLibLoader.html#library > ,for instance, then? Dependcies should get resolved at link time in the normal case. For plug-ins one should know the dependency graph. Everything should be known at development time. It's not neccessary (a waste of resources) to do it at runtime. I assume removing the kde .la's breaks KDE. Can someone confirm this? Bye, Alexander. -- "One world, one web, one program" -- Microsoft promotional ad "Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuehrer" -- Adolf Hitler http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net GPG fingerprint = C518 BC70 E67F 143F BE91 3365 79E2 9C60 B006 3FE7 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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