Bug 386665

Summary:	media-libs/libgphoto2: empty dependency_libs in .la files to make them harmless
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Agostino Sarubbo <ago>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team <gnome>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	graphics+disabled
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=510956
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	".la" file installed by all packages

Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2011-10-10 14:58:36 UTC

Created attachment 289467 [details]
".la" file installed by all packages

(In reply to comment #22 of bug 385699 )
> If you found some packages wrongly installing .la files from this updated list,
> please comment affected packages here as maybe I can drop from of them before
> stabilization to help with a better libpng upcoming update ;)

Hi, with a simple bash script I found those ".la" files, please check if they are needed or not.
There is also one case where you should drop ".a"
Check the attachment

Not a very blocker for bug 385699 but added anyway as reminder to do before stabilization

Comment 1 Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2011-10-10 15:00:00 UTC

and as you say, you should also use remove_libtool_files() from autotools-utils.eclass

Comment 2 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-10-10 16:32:19 UTC

(In reply to comment #0)
> Created attachment 289467 [details]
> ".la" file installed by all packages

Fixed json-glib from this list.

Comment 3 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev

2011-10-10 19:43:50 UTC

All done except libgphoto2, as I don't know if its .la files are really needed or not :(

Comment 4 Gilles Dartiguelongue (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-10-10 20:07:15 UTC

As I said many times, libgphoto2 is a valid exception to the la files removal attempts. Unless its code base was modified to use the extended libtool library loading call, those cannot be removed.

Comment 5 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-10-10 20:19:39 UTC

the dependency_libs can still be emptied, so overlinking doesn't happen:

find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -exec sed -i -e "/^dependency_libs/s:=.*:='':" {} +

used in imagemagick, mpg123, redland, etc.

Comment 6 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev

2012-01-31 08:55:22 UTC

+*libgphoto2-2.4.12 (31 Jan 2012)
+
+  31 Jan 2012; Pacho Ramos <pacho@gentoo.org> +libgphoto2-2.4.12.ebuild,
+  -libgphoto2-2.4.10.ebuild, -libgphoto2-2.4.11.ebuild:
+  Version bump, drop no longer needed libusb fix and automagic patch, empty
+  dependency_libs in .la files (bug #386665 by Samuli Suominen). Drop old.
+