Re: [PATCH] Don't install .la files when --no-la-files is used

Hello Russ, * Russ Allbery wrote on Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 01:20:28AM CET: > The most frequent problem caused by *.la files is that they add a pile of > unnecessary dependencies to shared libraries, which further entangles > package dependencies and makes upgrades unnecessarily hard. (This is the >

Re: [PATCH] Don't install .la files when --no-la-files is used

"Dan Nicholson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Looks like I didn't look closely enough. For sure fedora removes all > the .la files unless there is a specific reason to need them. I > thought debian was too, but it looks like they keep them. My fault. Debian decides this on a maintainer-by-maintai

Re: Libtool 2, dolt and xorg

Hello Rafał, * Rafał Mużyło wrote on Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 09:57:42PM CET: > Now, unless I misunderstood a few posts here , libtool 2 should be > about as efficient as dolt claims to be. I don't know. 2.x is quite a bit faster than 1.5.x. If there is still a noticeable difference to dolt, then w

Libtool 2, dolt and xorg

Recently, a discussion has started on xorg mailing list about using dolt. Now, unless I misunderstood a few posts here , libtool 2 should be about as efficient as dolt claims to be. So am I wrong or is libtool 2 simply not spread enough yet ? ___ htt

Re: libtool check libraries always result in 'uninstalled' binary script

* James Leek wrote on Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 07:32:46PM CET: > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: >> >> First off, what you're trying to do fits much better with the 'check' >> target than with the 'installcheck' target: the former is meant to test >> things before you ever run 'make install', the latter is mean

Re: libtool check libraries always result in 'uninstalled' binary script

Ralf Wildenhues wrote: Hello James, * James Leek wrote on Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 06:23:25PM CET: Hi, I'm having a bit of a problem. I would really like to build my tests as installed-type binaries when I run 'make installcheck' in order to make it easier to run a debugger on them. However

Re: libtool check libraries always result in 'uninstalled' binary script

Hello James, * James Leek wrote on Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 06:23:25PM CET: > Hi, I'm having a bit of a problem. I would really like to build my > tests as installed-type binaries when I run 'make installcheck' in order > to make it easier to run a debugger on them. However, each tests > requi

libtool check libraries always result in 'uninstalled' binary script

Hi, I'm having a bit of a problem. I would really like to build my tests as installed-type binaries when I run 'make installcheck' in order to make it easier to run a debugger on them. However, each tests requires its own dynamically loadable convenience library. This library is obviously ne