[csw-maintainers] [csw-buildfarm] FYI: Temporarily deactivation .la-files

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Chad,

Am 22.01.2009 um 17:39 schrieb Chad Harp:
> Dagobert Michelsen wrote:
>> I have currently serious trouble with .la-files and have therefore
>> temporarily renamed all files from
>>   /opt/csw/lib/*.la
>> to
>>   /opt/csw/lib/*.la.moved
>> on build8s only (!). I'll undo the changes after my tests.
>>
>> Please be aware and let me know if you encounter anything.
>>
>
> Is there a reason we shouldn't leave it that way (and replicate the
> change on the rest of the build env)?
>
> I've been having a similar problem and have been delaying some updates
> until the .la problem gets resolved.  I understand that in some cases
> the .la files are required, but we could deal with those on an  
> exception
> basis.

I guess that would be best. That way we don't pollute new packages.


Best regards

   -- Dago