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

[Jeremy Messenger]

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.

Cheers,
Mezz

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


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