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| author | Pierre Labastie <pieere@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2020-04-19 08:14:10 +0000 |
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| committer | Pierre Labastie <pieere@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2020-04-19 08:14:10 +0000 |
| commit | c2863e6d25a5baff47d5911de3e8ac0d2ec63c71 (patch) | |
| tree | 3ca880318013309b03378fa150fd489c5146036f | |
| parent | a5dddcb5160fe406abe429d747440272715d892a (diff) | |
Add remarks about .la files telling that they are potentially harmful
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@11815 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter05/stripping.xml | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/revisedchroot.xml | 6 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/chapter05/stripping.xml b/chapter05/stripping.xml index 10879d278..dc55959bf 100644 --- a/chapter05/stripping.xml +++ b/chapter05/stripping.xml @@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ <screen><userinput>rm -rf /tools/{,share}/{info,man,doc}</userinput></screen> - <para>Remove unneeded files:</para> + <para>The libtool .la files are only useful when linking with static + libraries. They are unneeded, and potentially harmful, when using dynamic + shared libraries, specially when using also non-autotools build systems. + Remove those files now:</para> <screen><userinput>find /tools/{lib,libexec} -name \*.la -delete</userinput></screen> diff --git a/chapter06/revisedchroot.xml b/chapter06/revisedchroot.xml index 10e68daea..eb40fb7ce 100644 --- a/chapter06/revisedchroot.xml +++ b/chapter06/revisedchroot.xml @@ -59,8 +59,10 @@ rm -f /usr/lib/libz.a</userinput></screen> <para>There are also several files installed in the /usr/lib and /usr/libexec directories with a file name extention of .la. These are "libtool archive" - files and generally unneeded on a linux system. None of these are necessary - at this point. To remove them, run:</para> + files. As already said, they are only useful when linking with static + libraries. They are unneeded, and potentially harmful, when using dynamic + shared libraries, specially when using also non-autotools build systems. + To remove them, run:</para> <screen><userinput>find /usr/lib /usr/libexec -name \*.la -delete</userinput></screen> |