Re: libtool .la archives - name collision?
On Thu, Sep 23, 1999 at 09:40:21AM +0800, Mikolaj J. Habryn wrote:
> Hmm - it strikes me that there may be a potential problem with
> including .la archives with library packages. The filename for the
> libtool file is independent of the version number of the library. ie,
> libfish2 will ship with a libfish.la, and so will libfish3. This might
> be an obstacle to installing multiple versions of the same library,
> might it not?
No because the .la files only go into the -dev package for the library,
and since two versions of the same libraries -dev package already need
to conflict (because of the libfoo.so symlink) then there is no chance
of a further conflict.
Ben
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