Daniel Stone wrote: > On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 04:47:36PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Daniel Stone wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 03:17:31PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Jeremy Nickurak wrote: > > > > > 1.1.3-1 included file /usr/lib/libXcursor.la, required by other > > > > > packages > > > > > (in my case, gnome-control-center.) > > > > > 1.1.5.2 does not include it. > > > > > > > > How does this regression happen? > > > > Did you make the new package from scratch? > > > > (instead of using: > > > > http://necrotic.deadbeast.net/svn/xcursor/trunk/debian/libxcursor-dev.install > > > > ) > > > > > > Yes. It was a deliberate decision; any package still referencing > > > libXcursor.la has to be recompiled. > > > > > > libtool .la files are serious, serious braindamage.
Thanks for confirming that .la files are serious, serious braindamage, that's also what I thought when I first saw them years ago. Is libtool already fixed to not produce them? > > Do you mean that you won't add that .la file to the package? > > Correct. > > > Is there any plan to remove all .la files from Debian? > > Sadly, no. But from all the X libraries, yes; it has already been done. > > > I was just trying to compile a program from CVS that needed that .la file. > > > > What is the fix you propose? > > grep /usr/lib/libXcursor.la /usr/lib/*.la > > Then file a bug on the package containing whatever contains the .la > file, asking for a recompile. Will you postpone the upload of this version of Xcursor to unstable until all dependant packages are recompiled? May I do a mass bug filing against those packages that need recompilation? Prueba el Nuevo Correo Terra; Seguro, RĂ¡pido, Fiable.