On 2 Aug 2005, at 16:47, Hubert Figuiere wrote:
> Francis James Franklin wrote:
>
>> They are, but it's libtool which is looking for it, so...
>> The .la files *should* be installed with the -devel package.
>
> No. .la are NEVER part of a distribution. The devel package only
> install the headers, the static libs, the pkg-config files (if any),
> and so on.
>
> There is a bug somewhere.
The .la files are, like the .pc files, used for dependency tracking.
They are not only generated but also installed by libtool. It doesn't
do this for kicks.
That said, the distributor is under no obligation to distribute .la
files. They are often useful, but just as often unnecessary.
Emphatically Off-Topic,
Frank
Received on Thu Aug 4 22:53:41 2005
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