Re: .la file status and hint to clear the dependency_libs field

2011-05-31 Thread Neil Williams
On Tue, 31 May 2011 18:48:30 +0200 Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2011-05-30 12:16:13 +0100, Simon McVittie wrote: > > libtool .la files are useful if: > > > > * you're linking against a library installed in a directory that isn't > > searched by the dynamic linker by default (e.g. installing a l

Re: .la file status and hint to clear the dependency_libs field

2011-05-31 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2011-05-30 12:16:13 +0100, Simon McVittie wrote: > libtool .la files are useful if: > > * you're linking against a library installed in a directory that isn't > searched by the dynamic linker by default (e.g. installing a local > library in --prefix=$HOME, and a program that links that libr

Re: .la file status and hint to clear the dependency_libs field

2011-05-30 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 12:16:13PM +0100, Simon McVittie wrote: > On Mon, 30 May 2011 at 12:23:35 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > They are at least read by libtool. For instance, when building MPFR > > (as a normal user): > [...] > > Either the information provided by /usr/lib/libgmp.la is import

Re: .la file status and hint to clear the dependency_libs field

2011-05-30 Thread Simon McVittie
On Mon, 30 May 2011 at 12:23:35 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > They are at least read by libtool. For instance, when building MPFR > (as a normal user): [...] > Either the information provided by /usr/lib/libgmp.la is important > and this file should be kept, or libtool should not attempt to read

Re: .la file status and hint to clear the dependency_libs field

2011-05-30 Thread Neil Williams
On Mon, 30 May 2011 12:23:35 +0200 Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2011-05-27 00:17:45 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > > Am 26.05.2011 23:26, schrieb Luk Claes: > > > > > There are some good reasons to keep some specific *.la files around, > > > > Just curious: what are these reasons / use case for k

Re: .la file status and hint to clear the dependency_libs field

2011-05-30 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2011-05-27 00:17:45 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 26.05.2011 23:26, schrieb Luk Claes: > > > There are some good reasons to keep some specific *.la files around, > > Just curious: what are these reasons / use case for keeping la files? They are at least read by libtool. For instance, when

Re: .la file status and hint to clear the dependency_libs field

2011-05-26 Thread Neil Williams
On Thu, 26 May 2011 23:26:26 +0200 Luk Claes wrote: > On 05/26/2011 11:55 AM, Michael Biebl wrote: > > Am 26.05.2011 10:46, schrieb Simon McVittie: > >> On Thu, 26 May 2011 at 08:47:06 +0200, Luk Claes wrote: > >>> Comments welcome, but foremost I'd like a mass effort to clear the > >>> remaining

Re: .la file status and hint to clear the dependency_libs field

2011-05-26 Thread Neil Williams
On Fri, 27 May 2011 00:17:45 +0200 Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 26.05.2011 23:26, schrieb Luk Claes: > > > There are some good reasons to keep some specific *.la files around, > > Just curious: what are these reasons / use case for keeping la files? Plugins which us libltdl use the .la file but t

Re: .la file status and hint to clear the dependency_libs field

2011-05-26 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 26.05.2011 23:26, schrieb Luk Claes: > There are some good reasons to keep some specific *.la files around, Just curious: what are these reasons / use case for keeping la files? -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?

Re: .la file status and hint to clear the dependency_libs field

2011-05-26 Thread Luk Claes
On 05/26/2011 06:04 PM, Peter Samuelson wrote: > > [Michael Biebl] >> Clearing the dependency_libs is always safe, afaics, so I'd rather say it is >> something like >> >> if depended-on >> clear dependency_libs >> else >> remove *.la files > > Seems like the following would work instead

Re: .la file status and hint to clear the dependency_libs field

2011-05-26 Thread Luk Claes
On 05/26/2011 11:55 AM, Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 26.05.2011 10:46, schrieb Simon McVittie: >> On Thu, 26 May 2011 at 08:47:06 +0200, Luk Claes wrote: >>> Comments welcome, but foremost I'd like a mass effort to clear the >>> remaining dependency_libs fields! :-) >> >> Am I right in thinking that t

Re: .la file status and hint to clear the dependency_libs field

2011-05-26 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Michael Biebl] > Clearing the dependency_libs is always safe, afaics, so I'd rather say it is > something like > > if depended-on > clear dependency_libs > else > remove *.la files Seems like the following would work instead: remove *.la files if depended-on request

Re: .la file status and hint to clear the dependency_libs field

2011-05-26 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le jeudi 26 mai 2011 à 12:26 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard a écrit : > Do anyone perhaps have an opinion on Peter's suggestion in that > bugreport?: > > > I think in order of preference, this should be fixed by patching > > libtool, or by a debhelper tool, and only then maybe in cdbs. This > > way

Re: .la file status and hint to clear the dependency_libs field

2011-05-26 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
On 11-05-26 at 11:16am, Laurent Bigonville wrote: > Hi, > > > sed -i "/dependency_libs/ s/'.*'/''/" > > "$(CURDIR)/debian//usr/lib/" > > > > Comments welcome, but foremost I'd like a mass effort to clear the > > remaining dependency_libs fields! :-) > > gnome-pkg-tools package is already providi

Re: .la file status and hint to clear the dependency_libs field

2011-05-26 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 26.05.2011 10:46, schrieb Simon McVittie: > On Thu, 26 May 2011 at 08:47:06 +0200, Luk Claes wrote: >> Comments welcome, but foremost I'd like a mass effort to clear the >> remaining dependency_libs fields! :-) > > Am I right in thinking that this is the process people should follow? > > if de

Re: .la file status and hint to clear the dependency_libs field

2011-05-26 Thread Laurent Bigonville
Hi, > sed -i "/dependency_libs/ s/'.*'/''/" > "$(CURDIR)/debian//usr/lib/" > > Comments welcome, but foremost I'd like a mass effort to clear the > remaining dependency_libs fields! :-) gnome-pkg-tools package is already providing a cdbs makefile snippet that does the same thing on all .la files

Re: .la file status and hint to clear the dependency_libs field

2011-05-26 Thread Simon McVittie
On Thu, 26 May 2011 at 08:47:06 +0200, Luk Claes wrote: > Comments welcome, but foremost I'd like a mass effort to clear the > remaining dependency_libs fields! :-) Am I right in thinking that this is the process people should follow? if depended-on: if dependency_libs: clear the depe