[OE-core] [RFC PATCH] autotools: Don't install .la files if the distro doesn't want them

[Burton, Ross]

On 17 October 2012 14:42, Phil Blundell <philb at gnu.org> wrote:
> It's not obvious that libtool's .la files serve any very useful purpose
> on a modern system and they can be positively vexatious under some
> circumstances.  Make installation of this stuff conditional on the new
> "libtool-garbage" flag in DISTRO_FEATURES and backfill it for existing
> distros.

I never saw a patch with a less inflammatory (albeit accurate) name.
Libtool has been causing me pain again so I'd love to turn this on.
Is this still good for merging with a different name (libtool-la?)

Ross