[gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] Remove ban on installing *.a and *.la files in / (bug 492542)

[gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] Remove ban on installing *.a and *.la files in / (bug 492542)

[SebastianLuther]

From: Sebastian Luther <SebastianLuther@gmx.de>

---
 bin/misc-functions.sh | 10 ----------
 1 file changed, 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bin/misc-functions.sh b/bin/misc-functions.sh
index bd99def..0eb1b3f 100755
--- a/bin/misc-functions.sh
+++ b/bin/misc-functions.sh
@@ -642,16 +642,6 @@ install_qa_check() {
 	done
 	[[ ${abort} == "yes" ]] && die "add those ldscripts"
 
-	# Make sure people don't store libtool files or static libs in /lib
-	f=$(ls "${ED}"lib*/*.{a,la} 2>/dev/null)
-	if [[ -n ${f} ]] ; then
-		__vecho -ne '\n'
-		eqawarn "QA Notice: Excessive files found in the / partition"
-		eqawarn "${f}"
-		__vecho -ne '\n'
-		die "static archives (*.a) and libtool library files (*.la) belong in /usr/lib*, not /lib*"
-	fi
-
 	# Verify that the libtool files don't contain bogus $D entries.
 	local abort=no gentoo_bug=no always_overflow=no
 	for a in "${ED}"usr/lib*/*.la ; do
-- 
1.8.3.2

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] Remove ban on installing *.a and *.la files in / (bug 492542)

[Sebastian Luther]

Note that I don't have an opinion if that makes sense or not. If you
don't agree, then I'd suggest to start a discussion on bugzi [1].

[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/492542

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] Remove ban on installing *.a and *.la files in / (bug 492542)

[Mike Frysinger]

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i don't think we want this.  i've followed up on the bug.
-mike

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