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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> |