Re: create libraries with libtool, but don't install *.la files?

[Peter Johansson]

Hi,

Andreas Jellinghaus wrote:
> Hi,
>
> the combination autoconf/automake/libtool
> makes it quite easy to create shared libraries.
> but how can I install the file created as a single *.so
> file, but without any *.la file etc.
>
> the shared libraries we create implement a fixed plugin
> interface thus they don't need the normal versioning
> shared libraries have. also applications will only
> load the shared libraries using the plugin mechanism,
> so neither dynamic not statically linkinging in the
> library with application code is required.
>
> can you give an example how to archive this?
>
>   
Wouldn't it work with an install hook such as:

install-exec-hook:
        rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libfoo.la

Thanks,
Peter