[oe] [meta-xfce][PATCH] xfce4: package libtool files if they are installed

[Andreas Müller]

On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 1:26 AM, Mark Asselstine
<mark.asselstine at windriver.com> wrote:
> This is a partial revert of commit 2ad5ceafa53f [various classes
> recipes: Remove FILES entries for dbg/dev packages] to restore the
> packaging of libtool (.la) files. It is generally recommended to
> include 'remove-libtool' in your distro features to purge libtool
> files as a do_install postfunc for all recipes, as is the documented
> recommendation for handling of libtool files (unless the .la have been
> determined to be absolutely necessary, in which case a recipe can use
> the REMOVE_LIBTOOL_LA to prevent the cleanup). However, if the
> 'remove-libtool' distro feature is not specified we need to ensure
> that if after a recipe completes do_install() and there are libtool
> files present in the image, we must package them or we will hit
> 'installed-vs-shipped' QA issues.
>
> NOTE: that even with respect to libtool files this is not a 1:1
> partial revert of commit 2ad5ceafa53f, adjustments are made according
> to the current state of the build today.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Asselstine <mark.asselstine at windriver.com>
> ---
>
> This is follow up to my original patch submission
> http://lists.openembedded.org/pipermail/openembedded-devel/2018-June/118896.html
>
> As the discussion concludes we need to ensure that using the
> 'remove-libtool' distro feature is in fact optional and that means
> either libtool files that are 'installed' must be packaged or deleted,
> the former being the preferred.
>
I think this is the best compromise currently - Thanks

Acked-by: Andreas Müller <schnitzeltony at gmail.com>