Re: should -dev libraries depending on other -dev packages?
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 09:05:14AM +1000, Brian May wrote:
> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 08:06:34AM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> > Le mercredi 13 mai 2009 à 11:23 +1000, Brian May a écrit :
> > > Is this still considered to be a libtool issue?
> > Yes, but instead of dropping the .la entirely, I’d recommend to simply
> > purge it from the dependency libs.
> > See /usr/share/gnome-pkg-tools/1/rules/clean-la.mk for a way to do it.
> If I do that then I will (presumably) break static links. In which case,
> how is this any better then just dropping the .la files?
It's better if there are any other packages providing libtool-using
libraries that depend on yours, because in that case dropping the .la files
without coordination will cause build failures up the stack due to dangling
references to your .la file.
Otherwise, they're equivalent, and in the long term the .la files ought to
be removed entirely for simplicity's sake.
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