From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L17Co-0004Q1-Gh for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:31:58 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C97E4E0234; Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:31:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A51CFE0234 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:31:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gentoo.org (xray.science.oregonstate.edu [128.193.220.51]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACA1764427 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:31:56 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:31:56 -0800 From: Donnie Berkholz To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Please review: function epunt_la_files for eutils.eclass Message-ID: <20081114223156.GF10619@comet> References: <200811091704.10291.loki_val@gentoo.org> <200811121540.50740.loki_val@gentoo.org> <491B00DB.4000901@gentoo.org> <200811121816.04870.loki_val@gentoo.org> <20081114152530.3f560c57@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="HCdXmnRlPgeNBad2" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081114152530.3f560c57@gentoo.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Archives-Salt: 0c9546b2-ffba-4c40-aa85-62d72045b30c X-Archives-Hash: dd955f62f0f1acc305efc6fc47c23959 --HCdXmnRlPgeNBad2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 15:25 Fri 14 Nov , Alexis Ballier wrote: > Moreover .la files are good when you want to link statically to some > library because they carry the needed information; they should be > punted only when said library provides a good alternative (like a .pc > file with correct libs.private field). Perhaps writing a .la to .pc converter would be a worthwhile endeavor. --=20 Thanks, Donnie Donnie Berkholz Developer, Gentoo Linux Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com --HCdXmnRlPgeNBad2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkkd/FwACgkQXVaO67S1rtt6GgCeLfs/EjrX43+9yRhXf1JLSsMh kekAnjU8L3f4+wxwROwpT7g35AMGWQ1f =5S54 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HCdXmnRlPgeNBad2--