On Sun, 2007-01-21 at 21:54 +0000, Mike Anderson wrote: > ...but the dynamic loading mechanism can load .so libraries as well - it > doesn't rely on .la files. i18n.so is built - you could install that > instead if you wanted to, couldn't you?
Strictly speaking, ltdl is advertised as most reliable when .la's are available. If .so's work as well in some cases, great; but why create an unneeded portability worry for the future to rediscover? -- ;;; Stephen Compall ** http://scompall.nocandysw.com/blog ** "Peta" is Greek for fifth; a petabyte is 10 to the fifth power, as well as fifth in line after kilo, mega, giga, and tera. -- Lee Gomes, performing every Wednesday in his tech column "Portals" on page B1 of The Wall Street Journal
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