Bug#37338: AMENDMENT] libtool `.la' files in `-dev' packages

[Andrew Pimlott <andrew@pimlott.ne.mediaone.net>]

On Sat, May 08, 1999 at 04:46:48PM -0500, Ossama Othman wrote:
> Description (from Joey Hess):
>  .la files aren't useless, libtool can use them and they are essential
>  to programs that use libltdl. Proposal is to include .la files in -dev
>  packages if they are produced by the build process.

Pardon if I misunderstand libtool, but the first sentence suggests to me
that .la files are in some circumstances required for the _use_ of a
library.  If this is the case, they belong in the main library package, not
the -dev package.

Andrew