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

[Jeremy Messenger]

Hello,

I am doing the clean installtion of everything and I noticed that few apps  
are installing *.la files.

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% 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.
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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?

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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
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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.

Cheers,
Mezz


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