libtool archive madness

[Rex Dieter]

Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 06:24:21 -0600, Rex Dieter wrote:

>>So, I'm of the opinion that
>>unless a concrete example of broken-ness (ie, an app that doesn't work
>>after removing *only %_libdir/lib*.la), then I'd say don't worry about it.
> 
> 
> It needs run-time evaluation to test whether any loaded modules are not
> broken by that. I believe FC KDE contains the .la->.so fix, so the only
> hope is that no other implemenation evaluates more of what's stored within
> .la files.

I'd say that's a problem that should be targeted at fixing, instead of 
having to workaround any theoretical/possible problem by (IMO, insanely) 
taking the "all or nothing" stance on .la files.

-- Rex