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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
To: Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] sys-libs/ncurses: erronious deletion of *.dll.a files; possibly other packages affected
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 15:09:28
Message-Id: CAJ0EP41Rh9cpwEv8NBG67Vj30Va9F1q8EXEzxzeZT7octnVzPQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] sys-libs/ncurses: erronious deletion of *.dll.a files; possibly other packages affected by Thomas Deutschmann
1 On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 10:23 AM, Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o> wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > sounds like we should convert to prune_libtool_files usage from
5 > ltprune.eclass.
6 >
7 > However, the eclass says
8 >
9 >> # Discouraged. Whenever possible, please use much simpler:
10 >> # find "${D}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
11 >
12 > So this would need clarification.
13
14 That was my initial reaction as well, until I re-read the email. This
15 is about removing static libraries (*.a), not libtool archives (*.la).