Re: garnome 0.27.1 links against wrong libraries.

[Martijn Brouwer <eambrouwer myrealbox com>]

On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 23:27:43 +0200
Martijn Brouwer <eambrouwer myrealbox com> wrote:

> After this trial I moved all .la files from /usr/lib and tried to build vte again. Now it complains about a missing /usr/lib/libexpat.la 8)7. Is it wise to start garnome again from scratch with all the .la files out of the way?
> 
Now, with all .la files somewhere else, I recompiled everything and all went quite well. So, thanks for help. Still one question: 'Where can I find some explanation of what .la files are, what purpose the serve, and why you do not need them on linux?

Bye, and thanks for the good work,

Martijn



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