Stephen Compall wrote: > 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?
I've miscommunicated. Thomas' question was in two parts, and Paolo's answer suggested that the answer to both parts was "yes". I wanted to point out that ".la"s are not required, not advocate using ".so"s where ".la"s are available. Mike _______________________________________________ help-smalltalk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-smalltalk
