[Fedora-packaging] Re: libtool(.la) archive policy proposal

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Oct  2, 2006, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net> wrote:

> So, if libtool were to simply ignore dependency_libs when building
> against shared libs wouldn't that solve all issues?

Nope, it would only solve the common case.

It is perfectly possible for a dynamic library to depend on a
static-only library.  And it's even possible to create other dynamic
libraries out of that, if the static-only library is PIC or the
platform can handle non-PIC in dynamic libraries.

> If so the patch looks almost trivial and is far better than to setup
> workflows on whether removing some *.la files and still have some
> false positives/negatives.

Breaking the libtool sources that get installed for packagers all over
the world to use, for deployment on various operating systems, is not
really an option I'd recommend.

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