[MacPorts] #41697: rpm: libtool: link: cannot find the library `/opt/local/lib/libpopt.la'

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#41697: rpm: libtool: link: cannot find the library `/opt/local/lib/libpopt.la'
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 Reporter:  ryandesign@…  |      Owner:  n3npq@…
     Type:  defect        |     Status:  new
 Priority:  Normal        |  Milestone:
Component:  ports         |    Version:  2.2.1
 Keywords:  mavericks     |       Port:  rpm
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 rpm fails to build on Mavericks, saying:

 {{{
 libtool: link: cannot find the library `/opt/local/lib/libpopt.la' or
 unhandled argument `/opt/local/lib/libpopt.la'
 }}}

 On Mavericks by default MacPorts deletes .la files because they are
 thought not to be generally useful and cause some problems, but apparently
 rpm's build system specifically looks for libpopt's (nonexistent) .la
 file. Perhaps the rpm build system can be patched to not do that. It's
 also conceivable that this is a bug in popt somehow but I didn't find any
 occurrences of ".la" in the files the popt port installs.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/41697>
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