From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E02E41396D0 for ; Thu, 28 Sep 2017 15:09:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F392B2BC004; Thu, 28 Sep 2017 15:09:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 97641E0DFE for ; Thu, 28 Sep 2017 15:09:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wr0-f177.google.com (mail-wr0-f177.google.com [209.85.128.177]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: floppym) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 75A9A341709 for ; Thu, 28 Sep 2017 15:09:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wr0-f177.google.com with SMTP id o42so3270313wrb.3 for ; Thu, 28 Sep 2017 08:09:21 -0700 (PDT) X-Gm-Message-State: AHPjjUj3Ib/PL4TfzH+l/6mnBNR0WXLxNnsefEsAnKnGG/z7oMdfTfiF /SsLRS2YaoCOdF+aza0QRy5FzV8NbyeV3RiJ1T4= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AOwi7QADeowt4iu7qUnoE39uV3TjwJcfS/na1U9LFiHB7DhxNqotry1o1kaT6EbUaamN1YLOSBAdxyqiYDAOBELvrRc= X-Received: by 10.223.131.164 with SMTP id 33mr479610wre.107.1506611358712; Thu, 28 Sep 2017 08:09:18 -0700 (PDT) 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 Received: by 10.223.196.8 with HTTP; Thu, 28 Sep 2017 08:08:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <54553bdf-8d51-2521-8bfc-90ac8aaf72dd@gentoo.org> References: <20170921020139.kp4664tanr7cj77d@proprietary-killer.fossland> <54553bdf-8d51-2521-8bfc-90ac8aaf72dd@gentoo.org> From: Mike Gilbert Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 11:08:58 -0400 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] sys-libs/ncurses: erronious deletion of *.dll.a files; possibly other packages affected To: Gentoo Dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Archives-Salt: 34425ba7-f981-4b7e-88a9-bb076c256f73 X-Archives-Hash: 623f475e76eceab1ad75ded43b9847f4 On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 10:23 AM, Thomas Deutschmann wrote: > Hi, > > sounds like we should convert to prune_libtool_files usage from > ltprune.eclass. > > However, the eclass says > >> # Discouraged. Whenever possible, please use much simpler: >> # find "${D}" -name '*.la' -delete || die > > So this would need clarification. That was my initial reaction as well, until I re-read the email. This is about removing static libraries (*.a), not libtool archives (*.la).