[Fedora-packaging] Re: libtool(.la) archive policy proposal

[Enrico Scholz]

Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net (Axel Thimm) writes:

> Revisting the root of evil. What exactly is wrong with not removing
> all *.la files?

- .la files must be shipped in main package, not in -devel
- they add untracked dependencies to the rpm packages: when B was built
  against A which has libA.la, B will stop to work when A does not ship
  libA.la anymore (e.g. because it uses now cmake).
- .la files are not required


Enrico