Re: Cannot avoid libtool producing static library and la file for a plugin

[Stefan Kost]

hi Ralf.

 Ralf Wildenhues schrieb:
> Hello Stefan,
>
> * Stefan Kost wrote on Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 04:29:23PM CEST:
>   
>> I've installed 2.2.4. no idea why all my distributions still stick to
>> 1.5.26. I've installed libtool to /usr/local and bootstapped with
>> ACLOCAL_FLAGS="-I /usr/local/share/aclocal" ./autoregen.sh
>>     
>
>   
>> Build works, but *.la and *.a files are still installed. Please let me
>> know, if there is something else I could try.
>>     
>
> FWIW, the *_LIBTOOLFLAGS requires Automake 1.10 or newer to work (but it
> works already with Libtool 1.5.x).  With this flag it will not install
> the static library.  It will still install the .la file, of course.
> There is little point in caring about that small file, with a plugin.
>
> Cheers,
> Ralf
>   

will try newer automake. Luckily older automake just ignores it, so I
can add it already. Let me explain why I was trying to avoid la files -
when using plugins, apps have to scan the folder for those and having la
files ther,e means longer scanning. Its more an issue on embedded and
there one can remove the la files as part of packaging.

Stefan