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From: Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Notice: possible past, present and future breakage related to .la files
Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2010 23:15:09
Message-Id: 4CA7BCD8.90201@libertytrek.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Notice: possible past, present and future breakage related to .la files by "Diego Elio Pettenò"
1 On 2010-09-29 6:40 PM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote:
2 > First of all, you should install lafilefixer and let it pass through the
3 > currently-installed system:
4 >
5 > # emerge lafilefixer
6 > # lafilefixer --justfixit
7 >
8 > This will convert the references to libtool archives to the -llibname
9 > form, which works both with and without them.
10 >
11 > Secondly, you can avoid any future requirement for this by sanitising
12 > the newly installed .la files; this can be done either by using the
13 > (currently testing) Portage 2.1.9 series, or by adding the following
14 > snippet to your /etc/portage/bashrc:
15 >
16 > post_src_install() {
17 > lafilefixer "${D}"
18 > }
19
20 For those of us who prefer to stay with the stable portage, am I correct
21 that once the 2.1.9 portage series goes stable, that we would then
22 remove the above from /etc/portage/bashrc? What would happen if I forgot
23 to do so (ie, how important is it)?
24
25 Thanks Diego for communicating this situation so well... it is much
26 appreciated.
27
28 Charles

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[gentoo-user] Re: Notice: possible past, present and future breakage related to .la files "Diego Elio Pettenò" <flameeyes@×××××.com>