[th/rpm] R: libtool(*.la) - good or bad

[Arkadiusz Miskiewicz]

On Sunday 26 November 2006 22:12, Tomasz Trojanowski wrote:

> > Of course there are still problems.
> >
> >  libdb.la symlink to real file libdb-4.5.la
> >
> > Now other packages get R: libtool(libdb.la) but nothing provides it since
> > it's not detected.
> >
> > Wouldn't be it better to generate Requires: /usr/lib/file.la instead of
> > libtool(/usr/lib/file.la) ? That way we wouldn't need to rebuild all
> > packages containing .la files.
>
> Or simply:
>
> --- libtooldeps.sh.orig 2006-11-26 00:16:19 +0100
> +++ libtooldeps.sh      2006-11-26 22:06:56 +0100
> @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
>             do
>                 case "$dep" in
>                 /*.la)
> +                   $dep = `readlink -f $dep`
>                     echo "libtool($dep)"
>                     ;;
>                 esac
>

That won't work. The dep against libdb.la is correct one. The problem is with 
provides not requires.

> Tomek

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