On Saturday, 12 March 2005, at 02:07:32 (+0900), Carsten Haitzler wrote: > why put the .la and .a files for loader modules in -dev? they arent > used at all for anything. the code loads the .so modules and nothing > more.
Are you certain? I believe the .la files contain dependency information for those systems that require it. The .a files are certainly unnecessary, though, and can be easily omitted using the --disable-static parameter to autogen.sh/configure. Michael -- Michael Jennings (a.k.a. KainX) http://www.kainx.org/ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> n + 1, Inc., http://www.nplus1.net/ Author, Eterm (www.eterm.org) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison...the only house in a slave state in which a free man can abide with honour." -- Henry David Thoreau ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
