.la files, again
Michael Schwendt
bugs.michael at gmx.net
Tue Mar 29 15:59:50 UTC 2005
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 09:47:17 -0600, Rex Dieter wrote:
> > Should we simply keep every .la files, even in core ?
>
> No way hosay.
>
> >If we delete them only to save
> > space, then maybe it's a good example of "premature optimization". Do we
> > have an example of something breaking because the .la files were included ?
>
> It's not space savings you're after by omitting .la files (they are
> relatively small). It is dependancy bloat, *especially* for
> /usr/lib/lib*.la files in -devel packages.
And not only that. Similar to pkg-config templates, the bigger a libtool
archive definition file gets, the more likely it introduces errors and
becomes a hindrance. E.g. when it inserts lots of standard library search
paths into the linker's command-line, this prevents you from customising
the linker's search path, when you want to link against custom-made
libraries in non-standard locations.
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