At least on Fedora I see they are removing them without issues Thanks!
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=d4966faf4546b7002e9e7cfc510b1467080c22de commit d4966faf4546b7002e9e7cfc510b1467080c22de Author: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2018-03-28 00:01:33 +0000 Commit: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2018-03-28 00:02:04 +0000 dev-libs/libatomic_ops: Delete .la files Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/593742 dev-libs/libatomic_ops/libatomic_ops-7.6.4.ebuild | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)