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[Tomasz Pala]

On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 14:21:23 +0200, Jan Rękorajski wrote:

>> > What about just drop *.la and leave -static?
>> 
>> Would they build without .la in place?
> 
> Libraries? Of course, static libs are just plain simple ar archives of
> compiled objects (compiled, NOT linked).

Would they 'be useful' without .la in place?

Just not to repeat:
http://www.mail-archive.com/pld-devel-pl@lists.pld-linux.org/msg26413.html
http://www.mail-archive.com/pld-devel-pl@lists.pld-linux.org/msg26414.html
http://lists.pld-linux.org/mailman/pipermail/pld-devel-en/2010-September/021786.html

>> > specs, and we still have static libs for those people that may need it.
>> 
>> Are there any? I can't remember if I've ever used them... (except some
>> base system libs).
> 
> Did you read what I wrote? vim-static? initrd stuff?

They may be considered 'base'. I'm referring here to 'desktop libs'
you've suggested to keep static too just like they are now (KISS), didn't you?

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Tomasz Pala <gotar at pld-linux.org>