Accepted libgphoto2 2.4.0-2ubuntu2 (source)

[Scott James Remnant]

On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 10:03 +0200, Martin Pitt wrote:

> Achim Bohnet [2007-10-03 21:16 -0000]:
> >  libgphoto2 (2.4.0-2ubuntu2) gutsy; urgency=low
> >  .
> >    * debian/*.files: Move .la files from -dev package to libgphoto2-2
> >      and libgphoto2-port0 packages. kdelibs dynaloader needs the .la files.
> >      Closes: LP: 145239. Upstream bug report: http://bugs.kde.org/125696
> 
> That seems weird to me. We started some efforts to get rid of .la
> files altogether. They are already useless and actively harmful in
> -dev packages
> 
Not true, they're *required* for static linking and useful for dynamic
linking as well!

> but having them in the library packages sounds like
> working around a bug in the kdelibs dynaloader, than being a proper
> bug fix. It is the only package I ever heard about where this action
> is taken.
> 
I thought the kdelibs dynaloaded used libltdl, in which case it would
need the .la files?

Scott
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