Re: Are libtool .la files in non-dev library packages bugs?
On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 01:50:22AM +0200, Luca Barbieri wrote:
> According to Junichi's manual they should be in -dev packages (that
> makes sense, since they are only used by libtool builds).
Yes, it's a bug. Consider that the .la file is usually without soname
(e.g. libfoo.la) it will clash when the next so version of the same lib
is added to the dist.
Not only that, it's only useful for linking, so has no reason being in
the primary runtime.
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