Bug 171410

Summary: xmlsec1: omit /usr/lib/lib*.la, /usr/lib/lib*.a
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Rex Dieter <rdieter>
Component: xmlsec1Assignee: Daniel Veillard <veillard>
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Fixed In Version: 1.2.9-7 Doc Type: Enhancement
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Description Rex Dieter 2005-10-21 16:04:42 UTC 
Avoid libtool madness and omit libtool archives (/usr/lib/lib*.la) and static
libs (/usr/lib/lib*.a).

See bug #154142 as an example of the problems that can be avoided.
Comment 1 Daniel Veillard 2005-10-21 16:11:53 UTC 
for .la, yes for .a no, I don't see the madness

Daniel
Comment 2 Rex Dieter 2005-10-21 16:22:12 UTC 
If you remove the .la files, in general, it makes static libs (sometimes *very*)
difficult to use(*), that's all.  That's why I usually recommend to packagers
that if they insist on keeping .la files, they package them separately along
with the static libs.

(*) In this case, the .la libxmlsec1.la contains the dependant library
information, which is (usually) superluous in the shared library case, but
almost always required when linking statically.
Comment 3 Kjartan Maraas 2005-11-07 20:31:03 UTC 
Is this a duplicate of bug #154142?
Comment 4 Rex Dieter 2005-11-07 20:37:28 UTC 
Basically, yeah.  Fullfilling this enhancement request will effectively fix bug
#154142.
Comment 5 Daniel Veillard 2006-06-08 13:39:11 UTC 
Okay the extra .la should have been removed some time ago, but I forgot.
It should be fixed in rawhide, with the upcoming 1.2.9-7,

Daniel