Re: Are libtool .la files in non-dev library packages bugs?

["Marcelo E. Magallon" <mmagallo@debian.org>]

>> Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de> writes:

 > Because of naivity of some programers. I suggest to begin getting rid
 > of such kludges and forbid usage of .la files at runtimer in the
 > Policy for Sarge.

 I beg your pardon?  Which naiveness?  That particular bit of libtool
 solves a very real problem: dlopen is *not* portable.

 I did said I was guessing.  This could be just a mistake on the
 maintainer's part.  This could be a plug-in installed in the wrong
 place.  Please figure out what the files are before spouting more bile.

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