Re: [OE-core] [RFC] .la files cleanup
On 10/3/2011 7:55 AM, Phil Blundell wrote:
On Mon, 2011-10-03 at 14:58 +0400, Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov wrote:
My proposal would be to include a special task or a
do_install_append() part that
will remove specified .la files. (like ${libdir}/xorg/modules/*/.la,
${libdir}/matchbox-panel/*.la, etc.). I see this usually done in
do_install or in special do_install_append
parts, but I think it would be better to handle this globally.
I guess the ideal solution would be to find a way to stop libtool from
installing these things in the first place. It isn't totally obvious to
me that the .la files are a net benefit even for real shared libraries,
and for plugins I think they are probably a net loss in most/all cases.
I also have this opinion. I think we need to experiment by not
installing .la at all and see what breaks. I would guess very little
When this issue last came up it seemed that Richard's preferred fix was
to just ship the .la files in FILES_${PN}-dev, and I guess that approach
does at least have the merit of simplicity. See:
http://lists.linuxtogo.org/pipermail/openembedded-core/2011-July/005533.html
p.
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Re: [OE-core] [RFC] .la files cleanup
On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 14:06, Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
wrote:
> On 10/03/2011 06:55 PM, Phil Blundell wrote:
...
> I see... Then I'd drop some local patches dropping .la files and just push
> them into -dev packages.
>
> RP, is that suitable for you?
Isn't a post install hook with:
find ${D} -name '*.la' -exec rm '{}' ';'
All we need?
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Re: [OE-core] [RFC] .la files cleanup
On 10/03/2011 06:55 PM, Phil Blundell wrote:
On Mon, 2011-10-03 at 14:58 +0400, Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov wrote:
My proposal would be to include a special task or a
do_install_append() part that
will remove specified .la files. (like ${libdir}/xorg/modules/*/.la,
${libdir}/matchbox-panel/*.la, etc.). I see this usually done in
do_install or in special do_install_append
parts, but I think it would be better to handle this globally.
I guess the ideal solution would be to find a way to stop libtool from
installing these things in the first place. It isn't totally obvious to
me that the .la files are a net benefit even for real shared libraries,
and for plugins I think they are probably a net loss in most/all cases.
When this issue last came up it seemed that Richard's preferred fix was
to just ship the .la files in FILES_${PN}-dev, and I guess that approach
does at least have the merit of simplicity. See:
http://lists.linuxtogo.org/pipermail/openembedded-core/2011-July/005533.html
I see... Then I'd drop some local patches dropping .la files and just
push them into -dev packages.
RP, is that suitable for you?
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Dmitry
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Re: [OE-core] [RFC] .la files cleanup
On Mon, 2011-10-03 at 14:58 +0400, Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov wrote:
> My proposal would be to include a special task or a
> do_install_append() part that
> will remove specified .la files. (like ${libdir}/xorg/modules/*/.la,
> ${libdir}/matchbox-panel/*.la, etc.). I see this usually done in
> do_install or in special do_install_append
> parts, but I think it would be better to handle this globally.
I guess the ideal solution would be to find a way to stop libtool from
installing these things in the first place. It isn't totally obvious to
me that the .la files are a net benefit even for real shared libraries,
and for plugins I think they are probably a net loss in most/all cases.
When this issue last came up it seemed that Richard's preferred fix was
to just ship the .la files in FILES_${PN}-dev, and I guess that approach
does at least have the merit of simplicity. See:
http://lists.linuxtogo.org/pipermail/openembedded-core/2011-July/005533.html
p.
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Re: [OE-core] [RFC] .la files cleanup
On Mon, 2011-10-03 at 14:58 +0400, Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov wrote:
> Proposal: extend some bbclass with a task to remove unused .la files
>
> Rationale: There are lots of recipes, which install tons of .la files
> (thanks libtool),
> but then do not ship them (correctly as most of them are unused in
> real systems).
> My proposal would be to include a special task or a
> do_install_append() part that
> will remove specified .la files. (like ${libdir}/xorg/modules/*/.la,
> ${libdir}/matchbox-panel/*.la, etc.). I see this usually done in
> do_install or in special do_install_append
> parts, but I think it would be better to handle this globally.
I think the simple append to the recipes concerned is just as simple as
any addition to core classes to try and do this generically...
Cheers,
Richard
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