On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 02:42:06PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.8.3.0 > Severity: wishlist > > Policy currently says: > > An ever increasing number of packages are using libtool to do their > linking. The latest GNU libtools (>= 1.3a) can take advantage of the > metadata in the installed libtool archive files (*.la files). The main > advantage of libtool's .la files is that it allows libtool to store and > subsequently access metadata with respect to the libraries it builds. > libtool will search for those files, which contain a lot of useful > information about a library (such as library dependency information for > static linking). Also, they're *essential* for programs using > libltdl. > > Given the various problems that we've run into with *.la files, particularly > around adding unnecessary shared library dependencies, I wonder if this > paragraph should be revised to be a bit less encouraging about retaining > *.la files.
Agreed. > (Although I suppose that this may change if binutils-gold and > its --as-needed default becomes the default linker.) binutils-gold currently only support a subset of Debian plateforms: (amd64, armel, i386, powerpc, sparc). Cheers, -- Bill. <ballo...@debian.org> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
