On Sat, Jul 09, 2011 at 10:29:42AM +0100, codeh...@debian.org wrote: > Package: sqliteodbc > Usertags: la-file-removal
> To finish an old release goal from Squeeze, to comply with Policy > 10.2 and to ease the introduction of MultiArch, I'm filing bugs > against packages which contain .la files which can be either removed > or stripped of the dependency_libs variable. Policy 10.2 says: These requirements for handling of .la files do not apply to loadable modules or libraries not installed in directories searched by default by the dynamic linker. sqliteodbc is both a loadable module and not installed in a directory searched by default by the dynamic linker: - It is loaded by an ODBC "middleware", for example unixodbc. Unixodbc is linked to libltdl, so presumably it loads ODBC drivers with libltdl, which needs the .la file. - It is installed in /usr/lib/odbc Hmm... Actually, I see that it puts some libraries (sqlite3 extensions) in /usr/lib/odbc that should be in /usr/lib (and separated in a different binary package, maybe), and that are seemingly loaded with libdl, not libltdl, so there the .la files should go, yes. -- Lionel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
