pretty much the same arguments used in bug #170032. Please remove all %{_libdir}/lib*.la files and static libs from the -devel package. This will reduce libtool/library bloat. Further, it will (mostly) solve the problem of needing to add extreneous Requires: libjpeg-devel to other (-devel) packages built against libjpeg-devel (to account for the references to /usr/lib/libjpeg.la in their own .la files). (mostly Library) packages with .la files of their own that BuildRequires: libjpeg-devel will need to be rebuilt after this modification. If you insist in still including the .la files (and static libraries), please package them separately into something like libjpeg-static (or libjpeg-devel-static), so it would be possible to omit this extra crud in other rpms that BuildRequires: libjpeg-devel via BuildConflicts: libjpeg-static