Re: removal of .la files from Debian and a possible solution to the libtool shared libs problem

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Russ Allbery wrote on Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 07:35:53AM CEST:
> 
> dlopened modules are something of a special case; it's one of the places
> where Debian may not remove *.la files depending on the specific
> situation.

I have a question here, since it seems some of the involved people are
reading:  is there a chance distributions would re-add .la files if the
indirect deplib linkage issue is out of the way?

Because AFAIR there were more issues, and that this wouldn't really
change the situation enough.

Thanks,
Ralf (not promising anything, just trying to get a clearer picture)