Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From:	Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@×××××.de>
To:	gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: .la files removal news item (GLEP 42)
Date:	Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:27:17
Message-Id:	`20101001192235.GA4661@nibiru.local`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-dev] Re: .la files removal news item (GLEP 42) by "Diego Elio Pettenò"

1	* Diego Elio Pettenò <flameeyes@×××××.com> schrieb:
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3	Hi folks,
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5	<big_snip />
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7	I didn't follow the whole thread, just a quick note on .la files:
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9	Why not just introducing a FEAUTURE or USE flag which causes
10	them not to be installed at all ?
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12	la-files have a long, long history of causing headaches, and I
13	actually don't see the use of them. (there're much better
14	solutions, eg. pkg-config).
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18	cu
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Subject	Author
[gentoo-dev] Re: Re: .la files removal news item (GLEP 42)	"Diego Elio Pettenò" <flameeyes@×××××.com>