Re: [PATCH] Don't install .la files when --no-la-files is used

[Roumen Petrov]

Russ Allbery wrote:
> Roumen Petrov <address@hidden> writes:
> > Russ Allbery wrote:
>
> > > libreadline is linked against libncurses on Debian.
>
> > Which version ?
>
> readline 5.2-3, ncurses 5.7-2.

No,no debian version/release.


> > This is an 7(5?) years old linux bug.
>
> I'm very dubious of that assertion.  Applications which use readline but
> do not directly use any curses functions should not need to link with any
> curses library.

Linking readline against ncurses prevent application to link against 
readline against ncursesw and to offer wide characters support.



> > Details:
> > - library foo1 for pkg1 export function foo1
> > - library foo2 for pkg2 export function foo2 and use function foo1
> > - application use functions foo1 and foo2 and and to link with libraries
> > that export them.

> > Where is libtool bug ?
>
> Your example as described above has nothing to do with the case that we're
> talking about since it contains no implicit dependencies.  I'm afraid I
> can only conclude that I've not been sufficiently clear and you're not
> following my point at all.  I've explained this as clearly as I can,
> though.  Maybe someone else can do a better job.

But is a package author uncomment line:
#libfoo2_la_LIBADD = -L${testPREFIX}/lib -lfoo1
from pkg2/bootstrap.sh you will see dependency added in la-file.

Roumen