Do GModules require *.la files?

[Rex Dieter]

Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 09:38 -0500, Rex Dieter wrote: 
> 
>>Toshio Kuratomi wrote:

>>>Thank you very much Warren, alex, and mclassen!  I'll patch the sources
>>>to do what alex suggests.  Don't know if I'll be able to convince
>>>upstream to accept the change but I'll sure try :-)
>>
>>Probably not, as some platforms need libtool archives for proper 
>>function.  Thankfully, fedora/redhat(linux) is not one of them.
>>
> 
> I think what alex was pointing out is that gmodule will search for the
> [BASENAME].la files automatically if needed.
> 
> Looking at the gmodule documentation now, I see its documented that
> g_module_open("qof_backend") would search for:
> qof_backend
> qof_backend.G_MODULE_SUFFIX (.so for unix-like, .dll for win, .sl for
> HP-UX)
> qof_backend.la
> 
> and use whichever opens the module.  Would this not work on all
> platforms?

That was my point, AFAIK, no, not all platforms support "native: 
loadable modules (ie, .so,.dll, etc...) and/or shared-libraries... they 
need help via the .la files.

-- Rex