[ I am entering it under the httpd component since apr/apr-util does not exist in bugzilla yet ] Description of problem: | $ rpm -ql apr-devel | grep \\.la | /usr/lib/libapr-0.la General consensus is that .la files should not be shipped. E.g. see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88187#c1 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): apr-0.9.3-4
It's not generally true that .la files should not be shipped: any package which uses libltdl relies on these files existing (though this does not include APR). To some degree the .la files are a supported part of the APR interface, so I'd not want to remove them as a packager. Packages may rely on `/usr/bin/apr-config --apr-la-file` working.