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authorXi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site>2022-09-19 10:58:43 +0800
committerXi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site>2022-09-19 11:00:21 +0800
commit5de4fea42c1dce41330ca1e70560661fff01b2f9 (patch)
treeab3e72c39d10f2b64286b491e254883259604f1c /chapter08
parent6d60bfc16fbb95a775869900005a8800a6c03f2b (diff)
cleanup: use a stronger tone for removing la files
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<para>There are also several files installed in the /usr/lib and /usr/libexec
directories with a file name extension of .la. These are "libtool archive"
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.
+ libraries. They are unneeded when using ELF dynamic shared libraries, and
+ it's known they can cause BLFS packages fail to build.
To remove them, run:</para>
<screen><userinput>find /usr/lib /usr/libexec -name \*.la -delete</userinput></screen>