On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 09:23 +0200, ext Sergio Villar Senin wrote: > Hi, > > I've realized that the file /usr/lib/libgnomevfs-2.la is no longer > available in the libosso-gnomevfs2-dev package as it used to be in bora > and previous versions. Is there any reason for that?
Daniel put it nicely: "libtool .la files are serious, serious braindamage." [1] Basically the .la files are not useful on Linux, except for making static linking a bit more convenient. On the other hand their presence can cause artificial problems as described in the bug. As I've understood it major distributions have also banned .la files from their packages. 1. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=354674 -- Tommi Komulainen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list [email protected] https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
