Q: What are *.la - files?
From: Christian Hamacher (c.hamacher_at_gmx.de)
Date: 03/24/04
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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 23:20:32 +0100
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[sorry for multi-posting - I posted this question to c.o.l.misc
before, and only later realized that this group might be more
appropriate]
Until yesterday, I thought I knew reasonably well how linkers and
libraries worked - when there were .so files and .a files, and
nothing more.
But yesterday, I started compiling KDE 3.2.1 and for the first
time in years of using Linux, had massive problems with gcc
complaining about missing *.la - files in my installation.
The obvious answer would be missing development packages - but
I checked, and both the library and the development package are
installed (e.g. libmad and libmad-devel).
However, neither of them contains libmad.la. I tried compiling
an RPM myself (from SRPM), and ended up with a package also lacking
libmad.la. On rpmseek.com I can find both packages containing the
file and ones lacking it.
I'm confused now:
o What does the .la - file do? What are they needed for?
o Why do some packages have them and some not?
o Why am I just now seeing this problem, while I never
had it in several years before?
o How can I get my gcc/libtool/whatever to generate them?
Thanks for any pointer you might have,
-Chris
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