Am 19.05.2011 04:09, schrieb Kevin O'Gorman:

> I've been using dev-util/lafilefixer ever since I learned about it.  Now
> I've bumped into a thread whose latest posts suggests that it is now
> obsolete, with a better capability built into portage.

From man make.conf

FEATURES =

fixlafiles       Modifies .la files to not include other .la files and
some other fixes (order of flags, duplicated entries, ...)

As far as I can see this feature is on by default.

> If so, why is it still in portage and no mention of its obsolesence in the
> elogs?

I use sys-apps/portage-2.2.0_alpha34 so it it possible that it is not
yet in stable portage.