On 2011-04-03, Neil Williams <codeh...@debian.org> wrote: >> .la files themselves are harmless, if the dependency_libs field is >> cleared. > > Harmless, but are they actually then useful?
I just gave a example on where it is not only useful, but required. >> There might be hard to replace old copies of libltdl in various code=20 >> pieces that can only open libraries/plugins with .la files. src:kdelibs >> (which is about to be removed from debian) is one such example. I don't >> know if there is others. > > At least if we drop the low-hanging fruit of all the other packages > which package .la files without libltdl complications, it would be > easier to see if it is hard to replace old copies of libltdl or not. I tried replacing the old copy of libltdl in kdelibs some years ago. I got it easily building, but everything stopped working, I knew what to do about getting everything working, but I ended up giving up because it was too much work. /Sune -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/slrnipgoke.rvp.nos...@sshway.ssh.pusling.com
