From 5de4fea42c1dce41330ca1e70560661fff01b2f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Xi Ruoyao Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2022 10:58:43 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] cleanup: use a stronger tone for removing la files --- chapter08/cleanup.xml | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/chapter08/cleanup.xml b/chapter08/cleanup.xml index 4820e6bdb..9da3828a7 100644 --- a/chapter08/cleanup.xml +++ b/chapter08/cleanup.xml @@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ There are also several files installed in the /usr/lib and /usr/libexec directories with a file name extension of .la. These are "libtool archive" files. As already said, they are only useful when linking with static - libraries. They are unneeded, and potentially harmful, when using dynamic - shared libraries, specially when using also non-autotools build systems. + libraries. They are unneeded when using ELF dynamic shared libraries, and + it's known they can cause BLFS packages fail to build. To remove them, run: find /usr/lib /usr/libexec -name \*.la -delete