Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 15:02:24 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net> To: Tijl Coosemans <tijl@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: To all port maintainers: libtool Message-ID: <20140606150224.Horde.DQm9mw37wR_4m0sWWrikjA1@webmail.leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <20140605185303.474063c6@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> References: <20140508002420.5d37e7f6@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> <20140508212756.00000df3@Leidinger.net> <20140509001641.63310821@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> <53908119.5040505@FreeBSD.org> <20140605185303.474063c6@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org>
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Quoting Tijl Coosemans <tijl@freebsd.org> (from Thu, 5 Jun 2014 18:53:03 +0200): > On Thu, 05 Jun 2014 09:39:21 -0500 Bryan Drewery wrote: >> I don't know what .la files are used for and have no time currently to >> research it. >> >> What is the impact to non-ports consumers of removing .la files? Do they >> also need patches to make them build? > > Removing a .la file is somewhat like a library version bump. Anything > that depends on it needs to be recompiled. I remember from tests waaaaay in the past that not all programs will be happy when the .la files are not there. I remember that I once tried to remove the .la files but it didn't work as the program wanted to open the .la files (after recompile). Maybe libltdl is openening them? Did you make some checks/tests in this regard? Bye, Alexander. -- http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137
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