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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>