2010/10/4 Toshio Kuratomi <a.badger@xxxxxxxxx>: > On Sun, Oct 03, 2010 at 11:38:00PM -0300, Sergio Belkin wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've read on http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Packaging_Static_Libraries >> >> "Libtool archives, foo.la files, should not be included. Packages >> using libtool will install these by default even if you configure with >> --disable-static, so they may need to be removed before packaging. Due >> to bugs in older versions of libtool or bugs in programs that use it, >> there are times when it is not always possible to remove *.la files >> without modifying the program. In most cases it is fairly easy to work >> with upstream to fix these issues. Note that if you are updating a >> library in a stable release (not devel) and the package already >> contains *.la files, removing the *.la files should be treated as an >> API/ABI change -- ie: Removing them changes the interface that the >> library gives to the rest of the world and should not be undertaken >> lightly." >> >> Does that mean that we should not use libtool? What if I'd want to >> build a shared library? >> > Using libtool is perfectly fine. It's just that when packaging the results > of building you want to remove the *.la files. > > -Toshio > > -- Thanks Toshio for the answer! -- -- Sergio Belkin http://www.sergiobelkin.com Watch More TV http://sebelk.blogspot.com Sergio Belkin - -- packaging mailing list packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging
