Orivej Desh fd97db43bc pruneLibtoolFiles: init setup hook (#41819) ... A .la file specifies linker flags to link with the library it describes. Its "dependency_libs" field lists the libraries that this library depends upon. This list often contains "-l" flags without corresponding "-L" flags. Many packages in Nixpkgs deal with this in one of these ways: - delete .la file [1] - clear dependency_libs [2] - add -L flags to dependency_libs [3] - propagate dependencies [4] Sometimes "dependency_libs" contain wrong "-L" flags pointing to the "dev" output with headers rather than to the main output with libraries. They have to be edited or deleted to reduce closure size [5]. Deleting .la files is often but not always safe [6]. Atomatically deleting as many of them as possible is complex [7]. Deleting .la files that describe shared rather than static libraries is probably safe; but clearing their "dependency_libs" field achieves the same effect with less potential for unintended consequences. This is the approach that may be enabled for all Nixpkgs. [1] 2a79d296d3 [2] c83a530985 [3] 9e0dcf3bd9 [4] 01134e698f [5] f6c73f1e37 [6] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Quality_Assurance/Handling_Libtool_Archives [7] https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/blob/fb1f2435/eclass/ltprune.eclass		2018-06-11 18:11:02 +00:00
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audit-tmpdir.sh
auto-patchelf.sh	autoPatchelfHook: Patch PIC exes/libs as well	2018-06-08 00:27:31 +02:00
autoreconf.sh
compress-man-pages.sh
die.sh
enable-coverage-instrumentation.sh
find-xml-catalogs.sh
fix-darwin-dylib-names.sh
gog-unpack.sh
keep-build-tree.sh
ld-is-cc-hook.sh
make-coverage-analysis-report.sh
make-wrapper.sh
move-docs.sh
move-lib64.sh
move-sbin.sh
multiple-outputs.sh
patch-shebangs.sh
prune-libtool-files.sh	pruneLibtoolFiles: init setup hook (#41819)	2018-06-11 18:11:02 +00:00
role.bash	treewide: Use pkgs/build-support/roles.bash to remove copy pasta	2018-05-07 15:10:37 -04:00
separate-debug-info.sh
set-java-classpath.sh
set-source-date-epoch-to-latest.sh
setup-debug-info-dirs.sh
strip.sh
update-autotools-gnu-config-scripts.sh
use-old-cxx-abi.sh
win-dll-link.sh
wrap-gapps-hook.sh