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Re: How to delete the .la file?



On Wednesday, May 11, 2011 12:28:57 pm Andreas Moog wrote:
> On 05/11/2011 06:30 PM, Patrick Matthäi wrote:
> > Am 11.05.2011 18:27, schrieb Paul Elliott:
> >> I gather that new libraries in the usual case are supposed to delete the
> >> la file.  What is the standard way to accomplish this if the package is
> >> written in dh?
> > 
> > I am just using the following snippet in my rules:
> > find debian/tmp/usr/lib -type f -name \*.la -exec sed
> > 's/^dependency_libs/#dependency_libs/g' -i {} \;
> 
> That cleans out the dependency_libs entry in the la-file, which is the
> correct thing to do IF there is another package referencing that file.
> However, if that's not the case (like when packaging a new library), the
> la-file shouldn't be installed at all.

OK, how do I do that? Exactly what do I put in the rules file?


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