Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-packaging (98 mails)

[Cristian Rodríguez <crrodriguez@xxxxxxx>]

Michael Matz escribió:

> an exception
> would be if you use libtool for linking and explicitely place a file like 
> "/usr/lib/foo.la" in the link command, but that's usually not the case, 
> so just don't do that).

I have found in the past some apps that did that :-D they abuse 
"foobar-config" scripts with flags similar to "--libs-la" or some other 
non-sense


> Often applications using ltdlopen will name the .la file directly, and 
> hence it would be required at runtime.

Yep, in that case, people should try to fix the software in question, if 
possible.



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"A computer is like an Old Testament god, with a lot of rules and no 
mercy. "

Cristian Rodríguez R.
Platform/OpenSUSE - Core Services
SUSE LINUX Products GmbH
Research & Development
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