>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 >>-- >>http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev >>FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html >>Unsubscribe: See the above information page > >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.
Thank you for your reply. Since I always run `make install` via my custom wrapper script which automatically removes .la files after install, I guess it's no problem for me. Y. Ohashi -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
