From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mga14.intel.com ([143.182.124.37]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TOUFI-0002PG-S9 for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:05:18 +0200 Received: from azsmga001.ch.intel.com ([10.2.17.19]) by azsmga102.ch.intel.com with ESMTP; 17 Oct 2012 06:51:57 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.80,600,1344236400"; d="scan'208";a="205594051" Received: from unknown (HELO helios.localnet) ([10.252.122.85]) by azsmga001.ch.intel.com with ESMTP; 17 Oct 2012 06:51:56 -0700 From: Paul Eggleton To: Phil Blundell Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:51:54 +0100 Message-ID: <13507481.xhLg1jrNlM@helios> Organization: Intel Corporation User-Agent: KMail/4.9.2 (Linux/3.2.0-32-generic-pae; KDE/4.9.2; i686; ; ) In-Reply-To: <1350481324.3259.185.camel@phil-desktop> References: <1350481324.3259.185.camel@phil-desktop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] autotools: Don't install .la files if the distro doesn't want them X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:05:20 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" On Wednesday 17 October 2012 14:42:03 Phil Blundell wrote: > It's not obvious that libtool's .la files serve any very useful purpose > on a modern system and they can be positively vexatious under some > circumstances. Make installation of this stuff conditional on the new > "libtool-garbage" flag in DISTRO_FEATURES and backfill it for existing Could we perhaps have a less inflammatory feature name? Since this is going to be set in stone after all... Cheers, Paul -- Paul Eggleton Intel Open Source Technology Centre