Bug 842108 – dev-lang/gnat-gpl-2021-r4 installs libtool files (.la) without corresponding static libraries

• Status: RESOLVED INVALID
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Agostino Sarubbo 2022-05-02 06:56:52 UTC]

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2020/07/04/gentoo-tinderbox/

Issue: dev-lang/gnat-gpl-2020 installs libtool files (.la) without corresponding static libraries.
Discovered on: amd64 (internal ref: tinderbox)

[Comment 1 Agostino Sarubbo 2022-05-02 06:56:54 UTC]

Created attachment 775898 [details]
build.log.xz

build log and emerge --info (compressed because it exceeds attachment limit, use 'xzless' to read it)

[Comment 2 Agostino Sarubbo 2022-05-06 06:43:54 UTC]

tinderbox has reproduced this issue with version 2021-r3 - Updating summary.

[Comment 3 Tupone Alfredo 2022-08-08 14:03:14 UTC]

The log says:
 * QA Notice: Installing libtool files (.la) without corresponding static libraries!
 *   /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/9.3.1/libquadmath.la
 *   /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/9.3.1/libatomic.la
 *   /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/9.3.1/libcaf_single.la
 *   /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/9.3.1/32/libatomic.la
 *   /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/9.3.1/32/libquadmath.la
 *   /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/9.3.1/32/libcaf_single.la
 *   /usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/9.3.1/liblto_plugin.la

No one is ada specific. I think they should be handled in toolchain.eclass where a similar cleaning is done

[Comment 4 Agostino Sarubbo 2022-12-06 12:12:12 UTC]

ci has reproduced this issue with version 2021-r4 - Updating summary.

[Comment 5 Andreas K. Hüttel 2023-09-18 00:27:45 UTC]

(In reply to Tupone Alfredo from comment #3)
> The log says:
>  * QA Notice: Installing libtool files (.la) without corresponding static
> libraries!
>  *   /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/9.3.1/libquadmath.la
>  *   /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/9.3.1/libatomic.la
>  *   /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/9.3.1/libcaf_single.la
>  *   /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/9.3.1/32/libatomic.la
>  *   /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/9.3.1/32/libquadmath.la
>  *   /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/9.3.1/32/libcaf_single.la
>  *   /usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/9.3.1/liblto_plugin.la
> 
> No one is ada specific. I think they should be handled in toolchain.eclass
> where a similar cleaning is done

These are all libraries provided by gcc (also as .a).
This is a false positive or a bug in the script.