-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: > The .la files are needed at runtime if client code uses libtool's > libltdl's dlopen'ing to access the shared library. > > For example, try readline activation code in guile without it's .la > or try dlopening fontconfig, ftm
According to this argument, every library should include it's .la. Nevertheless, the precedent in all the distros is that .la belongs in - -devel packages, because it's primary purpose is for libtool linking; not that much actually uses libltdl after all. Yaakov -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Cygwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFVrixpiWmPGlmQSMRApWbAKDkNMvD9IEVx6ZulfByopPBGUZQPQCfWVrv DRhlux8cEp4rCYBxv9D6LD0= =4rJd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
