[MacPorts] #38010: MacPorts should not ship .la files

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#38010: MacPorts should not ship .la files
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  Reporter:  jeremyhu@…  |      Owner:  jmr@…
      Type:  defect      |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal      |  Milestone:
 Component:  base        |    Version:  2.1.3
Resolution:              |   Keywords:  glibtool la
      Port:              |
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Comment (by egall@…):

 Replying to a question from the mailing lists:

 >> Then I'm surprised MacPorts has gone 11 years already without removing
 them. Do other OS X package managers remove them?
 >
 > I don't know about fink or homebrew, so I can't comment there,

 Yes, they both do remove them. Homebrew has a "cleaning" step after it
 finishes what would be the equivalent of MacPorts's destroot step, and it
 looks something like this:
 {{{
 ==> Cleaning
 rm: /var/root/usr/Cellar/gdal/1.9.2/lib/libgdal.la
 }}}

 Also, Fink has a step during its "setting up packages" phase when it does
 this:
 {{{
 Setting up libtool2 (2.4.2-3) ...
 Clearing dependency_libs of .la files being installed
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/38010#comment:7>
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