On October 28, 2017 10:08:53 AM CDT, "大橋 洋平" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Doesn't LFS advise removal of .la files nowadays? I seem to recall
>> > something was documented.
>>
>> Unfortunately I do not think that works well.  Every autotools
>package
>> installs .la files and libtool insists on using them.  It would be
>nice
>> if libtool would just use pkgconfig.
>
>I've always deleted .la files and have no problems so far. Would you
>tell me why don't you "think that works well"?
>
>
>Y. Ohashi
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The difference is that it must be done after each package is installed, making 
it somewhat error prone. Once another libtool based package uses a previous 
one, the linker is forever dependent on it and the dependency chain just gets 
longer and longer. Making it more difficult to correct.

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