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A .la file specifies linker flags to link with the library it describes. Its "dependency_libs" field lists the libraries that this library depends upon. This list often contains "-l" flags without corresponding "-L" flags. Many packages in Nixpkgs deal with this in one of these ways: - delete .la file [1] - clear dependency_libs [2] - add -L flags to dependency_libs [3] - propagate dependencies [4] Sometimes "dependency_libs" contain wrong "-L" flags pointing to the "dev" output with headers rather than to the main output with libraries. They have to be edited or deleted to reduce closure size [5]. Deleting .la files is often but not always safe [6]. Atomatically deleting as many of them as possible is complex [7]. Deleting .la files that describe shared rather than static libraries is probably safe; but clearing their "dependency_libs" field achieves the same effect with less potential for unintended consequences. This is the approach that may be enabled for all Nixpkgs. [1] |
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| audit-tmpdir.sh | ||
| auto-patchelf.sh | ||
| autoreconf.sh | ||
| compress-man-pages.sh | ||
| die.sh | ||
| enable-coverage-instrumentation.sh | ||
| find-xml-catalogs.sh | ||
| fix-darwin-dylib-names.sh | ||
| gog-unpack.sh | ||
| keep-build-tree.sh | ||
| ld-is-cc-hook.sh | ||
| make-coverage-analysis-report.sh | ||
| make-wrapper.sh | ||
| move-docs.sh | ||
| move-lib64.sh | ||
| move-sbin.sh | ||
| multiple-outputs.sh | ||
| patch-shebangs.sh | ||
| prune-libtool-files.sh | ||
| role.bash | ||
| separate-debug-info.sh | ||
| set-java-classpath.sh | ||
| set-source-date-epoch-to-latest.sh | ||
| setup-debug-info-dirs.sh | ||
| strip.sh | ||
| update-autotools-gnu-config-scripts.sh | ||
| use-old-cxx-abi.sh | ||
| win-dll-link.sh | ||
| wrap-gapps-hook.sh | ||