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

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 14:44:41 -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke  
<marcus at marcuscom.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 2004-07-25 at 14:02, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
>> 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?
>
> No, not unless the plist changes.

But, dependency change.

Cheers,
Mezz

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


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