https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357465 User crrodriguez@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357465#c10 --- Comment #10 from Cristian Rodríguez <crrodriguez@novell.com> 2009-02-03 15:00:10 MST --- I will elaborate a bit more on this thing (because Im getting slightly annoyed to have to explain it over and over again) whatever build failure you may see, it is __not__ really caused by "la" file removal. 1) if it fails at linking time with "undefined symbols" your program is not linking a needed library explicitly and you should fix it, ohh an remember not to use static libraries ;) 2) if your program is calling others libfoobar-config script with "--libs-la" or "--la-file" argument, you should change it to "--libs" also considere killing this silly scripts and replace them for a properly written pkgconfig rules. 3) if your program fails to build due to libtool: link: cannot find the library `libfoobar.la' or unhandled argument you have to wait for __everything_ dependant to rebuild properly, if still does not work, you can figure what remaining "la" file references libfoobar.la by grepping libfoobar.la in %{_libdir}/*.la. BUT.. If something fails __at_runtime__ due to the lack of "la" files then we have a real bug. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.