> Anyway, if it were me I'd nuke the file in a heartbeat, but if OP is > too timid for that, he can also quarantine the file first, i.e., move > it to some other path where it won't cause trouble (and then delete > later). Also, (from the bug) his libarchive.la seems to still list the > .la, so he should re-emerge libarchive after moving away the orphaned > .la-file (or use lafilefixer?). Ok, the OP will try this. If I cannot fix it I will just install gvfs without the archive flag.
> Still, there is something funny with paludis, as so many people using > it seem to have so many problems with orphaned libtool archive files. > Ahem, even the warning from exherbo front page is gone nowadays. Is it > production quality now? o.O Actually, it is the first problem I have with .la files using paludis, but I don't know about other people's experience. Thanks a lot for your help, Damian.