I have been searching this out. I looked in the libstdc++ packages that I have installed and none of them had a libstdc++.la file. So I found this on the novell bugzilla site:
Summary: Missing .la files in devel packages
Product: openSUSE 10.2
Version: RC 1
Platform: Other
OS/Version: Other
Status: NEW
Severity: Normal
Priority: P5 - None
Component: Development
AssignedTo: address@hidden
ReportedBy: address@hidden
QAContact: address@hidden
Hi,
I've just tried to built KDE 3.5 from sources and noticed, that at least the
following .la files are missing:
/usr/lib64/libexpat.la
/usr/lib64/libstdc++.la
/usr/lib64/libjeg.la
Any chance, that those get into the devel packages?
Regards,
Stefan
address@hidden changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Status|NEW |RESOLVED
Resolution| |WONTFIX
------- Comment #1 from address@hidden 2006-11-24 07:32 MST -------
No. These have been removed on purpose. Libstdc++.la for instance has been
removed as it is the compilers task to link in the necessary C++ runtime
libraries.
la files aren't needed and have been an endless source of problems and
nuisances.