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

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 12:55:23 -0500, Jeremy Messenger <mezz7 at cox.net> wrote:

> On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 14:31:24 -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke  
> <marcus at marcuscom.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> Ok, I guess the users can clean the *.la files by themselves. ;-) I will  
> update those change and install, then run fluxbox and several apps to  
> make sure they run fine. After that, I will commit freetype2, fontconfig  
> and gtk-engine2.

One more, should I bump the PORTREVISION for that kind of change?

Cheers,
Mezz

> Cheers,
> Mezz
>
>> Joe
>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Mezz


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