xfce 4.2.1 packages available

[Kevin Fenzi]

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>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Schwendt <bugs.michael at gmx.net> writes:

Michael> On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 15:56:04 -1000, Warren Togami wrote:
>> We are almost ready to push XFCE 4.2.1.1.  Only remaining question
>> is if we want to totally remove the .la and/or .a files from the
>> binary packages.  Do we?

>> http://people.redhat.com/wtogami/temp/xfce-FC3/

Michael> Certainly for directories which contain .so plugins, e.g. in
Michael> the xfprint package. I have strong doubts that static
Michael> archives are needed in there.

Michael> Whether the libtool archives are needed in such directories
Michael> depends on how the .so files are loaded at run-time. Is it
Michael> dlopen()? Then .la files are not needed. Is it an old version
Michael> of the ltdl library? Then it must be checked whether it
Michael> complains if no .la files are found.

The xfce packages that have ldconfig in the specs are: 

dbh
libxfce4mcs
libxfce4util
libxfcegui4
xffm
xfprint

The first 4 have files in /usr/lib/ and I think the ldconfig is fine
there. 

The question is xffm and xfprint. 

I have confirmed that xffm works properly without the .la/a files and
without the ldconfig, as does xfprint. They open their plugins
directly, and thus ldconfig isn't needed. 

As to the .la/a files, I see no diffrence at all with the depends
required. I am inclined to just leave them in there since they don't
seem to cause any dependency problems and are very small. 
In addition the rpms in fc3 shipped the .la files, so if someone was
depending on/using them they might not be too happy with them being
removed. 

Does that sound reasonable?

If so, I will commit my xfprint and xffm specs with ldconfig removed. 

kevin



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