#19549: Get rid of libtool archives (*.la)
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Reporter: vbraun | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-6.10
Component: build | Keywords:
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* They are a nuisance since they can't contain relative paths.
* Fedora packaging guide line says "Libtool archives, foo.la files, should
not be included"
* the whole idea of Libtool Archives is, nowadays, considered obsolete
(https://autotools.io/libtool/lafiles.html)
* Anything that can be done with libtool archives can be done better with
pkg-config
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Ticket URL: <http://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/19549>
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