Control: tags -1 moreinfo Sebastian Ramacher: > Package: debhelper > Version: 12.6.1 > Severity: wishlist > > Year ago we made an effort to get rid of all the *.la files. Now, > dh_missing warns if they are not installed. Instead of adding > usr/lib/*/*.la to debian/not-installed of many packages or adding > overrides to remove them during the build, please ignore them globally. > > Cheers >
Hi Sebastian, I can definitely see where you are coming from with this request. Though as I understand it, some packages *want* to install their .la file (source: https://wiki.debian.org/ReleaseGoals/LAFileRemoval). Automatically hiding the file is an unsafe default because you silently miss it when you need it. Compared with the current default, you are warned that you might be missing it and you have to actively consider whether to include or exclude it. Then again, this is solely on the basis that the information about .la files are still correct. If they are unconditionally useless now, then I am happy to reconsider this. Thanks, ~Niels
