Bug#354674: Missing /usr/lib/libXcursor.la
Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 04:47:36PM +0100, ROBERTOJIMENOCA@terra.es wrote:
> > Daniel Stone wrote:
> > > On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 03:17:31PM +0100, ROBERTOJIMENOCA@terra.es wrote:
> > > > Jeremy Nickurak wrote:
> > > > > 1.1.3-1 included file /usr/lib/libXcursor.la, required by other packages
> > > > > (in my case, gnome-control-center.)
> > > > > 1.1.5.2 does not include it.
> > > >
> > > > How does this regression happen?
> > > > Did you make the new package from scratch?
> > > > (instead of using:
> > > > http://necrotic.deadbeast.net/svn/xcursor/trunk/debian/libxcursor-dev.install
> > > > )
> > >
> > > Yes. It was a deliberate decision; any package still referencing
> > > libXcursor.la has to be recompiled.
> > >
> > > libtool .la files are serious, serious braindamage.
Thanks for confirming that .la files are serious, serious braindamage,
that's also what I thought when I first saw them years ago.
Is libtool already fixed to not produce them?
> > Do you mean that you won't add that .la file to the package?
>
> Correct.
>
> > Is there any plan to remove all .la files from Debian?
>
> Sadly, no. But from all the X libraries, yes; it has already been done.
>
> > I was just trying to compile a program from CVS that needed that .la file.
> >
> > What is the fix you propose?
>
> grep /usr/lib/libXcursor.la /usr/lib/*.la
>
> Then file a bug on the package containing whatever contains the .la
> file, asking for a recompile.
Will you postpone the upload of this version of Xcursor to unstable
until all dependant packages are recompiled?
May I do a mass bug filing against those packages that need
recompilation?
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