[OE-core] RFC: magic libtool .la removal

[Burton, Ross]

On 18 June 2013 16:54, Phil Blundell <pb at pbcl.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-06-18 at 16:47 +0100, Richard Purdie wrote:
>> We might as well throw away libtool
>
> That sounds like an excellent plan to me.  I wonder how hard it would be
> to invent a libtool-dummy script which took the same arguments but
> basically just invoked the compiler and linker without any of the extra
> craziness.

That would be DOLT.

>>Yes the .la files are annoying but they're not that much of a problem,
>>are they?
>
> I do recall that I was moved to write my original patch because the .la
> files were causing me an actual problem rather than just being a
> nuisance.  I can't remember the details offhand unfortunately, though I
> guess I could try re-enabling them again locally and see what breaks.

FWIW, I've never seen a .la break anything where a clean doesn't solve
it, the problems are always due to rebuilds.

Ross