Need help with builderror (ppc only)

[Michael Schwendt]

On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 18:09:17 +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:

> >>grep: /usr/lib/libxml2.la: No such file or directory
> > 
> > 
> > Do you want to hear what it smells like? - Libtool archive dependency
> > hell.  Since neither libxml2-devel nor libxml2 include and provide the
> > /usr/lib/libxml2.la file, this is an indication that a different package
> > contains a hardcoded libtool archive inter-library dependency on this
> > file. Cases like this lead to the infamous guideline which says "Either
> > include .la files everywhere or drop them everywhere". However, since they
> > are not required for linking and only used in corner-cases (like old ltdl
> > or KDE using a broken ltdl), in the majority of packages, the .la files
> > only bear the risk of breaking (either immediately or some time in the
> > future) like this.
> > 
> 
> IOW, this is caused by some other package leaving a .la file lingering 
> around and that only on ppc?? Right?

Likely.  It's one cause of an error like above. A package contains a
libtool archive .la file, which still depends on the absolute path
/usr/lib/libxml2.la, and needs a rebuild, because that file no longer
exists.