On Mon, Nov 01, 2021 at 09:37:40AM -0400, Ben Cotton wrote: > == Summary == > Autools/libtool-based projects frequently install files ending in > `.la` in their `make install`. These files are usually unwanted. Many > projects therefore end up with a variation of `find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT > -name "*.la" -delete` in their `%install section`. > > `*.la` files are "libtool archives" and provide additional metadata > for library files and come from a time before the introduction of the > ELF format. Today, they are only consumed by libtool itself. Refer to > https://autotools.io/libtool/lafiles.html. I read the mythbuster page, and I still don't understand if removing the file has any effect or not. Will there be any difference in builds (for package builds and end-user builds)? > == Scope == > * Proposal owners: > ** Update packaging guidelines to mention the automatic removal of > `*.la` files and mention the mechanism for opting out of this > behavior. > * Other developers: > ** For the packages already removing their `*.la` files manually, > there should be no change. For packages that want to install such > packages, the package maintainers need to opt out of the automatic > removal. If this change is implemented, manual removal in packages becomes unnecessary. Will you do a 'mass change' sweep to drop those removals? > If a package whishes to keep shipping `*.la` files, the package > maintainer can opt out of the automatic removal by setting > `%__brp_remove_la_files` to `%nil`: `%global __brp_remove_la_files > %nil` Why would anyone want to do that? (I'm not talking about the case mentioned elsewhere in the thread were a non-libtool file is removed by a mistake, but the actual case where one would want to keep distributing a libtool file.) Zbyszek _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
