Re: first problem solved, another found with libtool
On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 05:33:00PM -0500, Glenn Maynard wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 03:49:23PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > The .la files contain dependency information that can be used to aid in
> > calculating dependency trees when linking applications against the
> > libraries. Applications that build using libtool are thus spared from
> > maintainer error when identifying library dependencies by hand, which is
> > only right, given how much else is inflicted on users of libtool.
>
> Isn't that only needed for static linking?
>
IIRC they are also used by libltld on dynamic loading of the library...
> I'd suggest that, if they're really needed, they not go in /usr/lib; perhaps
> /usr/lib/libtool/. They're data files for libtool, not libraries.
>
please don't call for more problems :)
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