Few apps install the *.la files... Change libtool?

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Sun, 2004-07-25 at 13:35, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am doing the clean installtion of everything and I noticed that few apps  
> are installing *.la files.
> 
> ==========================================
> % find /usr -name "*.la"
> /usr/local/lib/libfreetype.la
> /usr/local/lib/libfam.la
> /usr/compat/linux/usr/lib/libpopt.la # Don't mind this...
> /usr/X11R6/lib/libfontconfig.la
> /usr/X11R6/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/engines/libpixmap.la
> /usr/X11R6/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/engines/libredmond95.la
> /usr/X11R6/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/engines/libmetal.la
> /usr/X11R6/share/gnome/xmodmap/xmodmap.la # Don't mind this; it's a  
> language file.
> ==========================================
> 
> If I change libtool 13 -> 15 and they don't install the *.la files  
> anymore. I only tested installed them in jail, but I haven't test run them  
> yet. My GNOME install didn't finish, because of new gnomevfs2 broke the  
> gnomecentercontrol by change the API/ABI. However, I am not skill with  
> libtool stuff so is it ok for me to change them to use libtool 15?

We need the new g-c-c to fix the MIME thing.  They've completely redone
MIME in gnome-vfs (using the new MIME database).

> 
> ==========================================
> devel/fam		= 13 -> 15 (I will contract to the maintainer.)
> print/freetype2		= 13 -> 15
> x11-fonts/fontconfig	= 13 -> 15
> x11-themes/gtk-engines2	= 13 -> 15 and remove files/patch-configure
> ==========================================
> 
> One thing that I am not sure how we should deal with the mistake of those  
> that will not be able to remove the *.la files, since they aren't in the  
> pkg-plist.

Any port that lists .la files in the plist shouldn't be touched.  That
said, these updates look okay to me.

Joe

> 
> Cheers,
> Mezz
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