Bug#561413: Policy possibly should not recommend *.la files

Russ Allbery writes: > Here's a proposed patch that I think says what we now want to say about > *.la files. Objections or seconds? This has now been merged for the next release. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to deb

Bug#561413: Policy possibly should not recommend *.la files

Russ Allbery (30/06/2010): > Here's a proposed patch that I think says what we now want to say about > *.la files. Objections or seconds? > > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml > index 9fe7158..2635fa8 100644 > --- a/policy.sgml > +++ b/policy.sgml > @@ -7361,40 +7361,58 @@ strip --strip-unn

Bug#561413: Policy possibly should not recommend *.la files

On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 11:06:04 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml > index 9fe7158..2635fa8 100644 > --- a/policy.sgml > +++ b/policy.sgml > @@ -7361,40 +7361,58 @@ strip --strip-unneeded your-lib > > > > - An ever increasing number of packag

Bug#561413: Policy possibly should not recommend *.la files

Russ Allbery writes: > 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 libto

Bug#561413: Policy possibly should not recommend *.la files

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

Bug#561413: Policy possibly should not recommend *.la files

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