[csw-maintainers] libtool rearranges linker arguments and puts -L/opt/csw/lib last

Dagobert Michelsen dam at opencsw.org
Wed Jan 13 17:39:33 CET 2010


Hi Phil,

Am 12.01.2010 um 18:32 schrieb Philip Brown:
> On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 6:42 AM, Ben Walton <bwalton at opencsw.org>  
> wrote:
>>
>> Given the issues we constantly hit with libtool, I always find myself
>> wondering if it was ever a benefit instead of a burden.  Any
>> grey-beards care to offer some historical perspective on this?
>
> "libtool evil".
>
> this is why our official documented guidelines are,
> "REMOVE .la files from your packages" !!!

He he, and just now I get a bug report for a package that doesn't work
without the .la-files:
   <http://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=4145>


Best regards

   -- Dago


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