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Add remarks about .la files telling that they are potentially harmful

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Pierre Labastie 2020-04-19 08:14:10 +00:00
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chapter05/stripping.xml
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<screen><userinput>rm -rf /tools/{,share}/{info,man,doc}</userinput></screen> <screen><userinput>rm -rf /tools/{,share}/{info,man,doc}</userinput></screen>
<para>Remove unneeded files:</para> <para>The libtool .la files 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.
Remove those files now:</para>
<screen><userinput>find /tools/{lib,libexec} -name \*.la -delete</userinput></screen> <screen><userinput>find /tools/{lib,libexec} -name \*.la -delete</userinput></screen>

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chapter06/revisedchroot.xml
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<para>There are also several files installed in the /usr/lib and /usr/libexec <para>There are also several files installed in the /usr/lib and /usr/libexec
directories with a file name extention of .la. These are "libtool archive" directories with a file name extention of .la. These are "libtool archive"
files and generally unneeded on a linux system. None of these are necessary files. As already said, they are only useful when linking with static
at this point. To remove them, run:</para> libraries. They are unneeded, and potentially harmful, when using dynamic
shared libraries, specially when using also non-autotools build systems.
To remove them, run:</para>
<screen><userinput>find /usr/lib /usr/libexec -name \*.la -delete</userinput></screen> <screen><userinput>find /usr/lib /usr/libexec -name \*.la -delete</userinput></screen>