On 01/17/2014 07:18 PM, E. Liddell wrote:
> .la files are used by libtool for linking under some circumstances (see
> https://blog.flameeyes.eu/2008/04/what-about-those-la-files for discussion
> of what/where/when/how).  Usually they aren't needed on modern systems
> (pkg-config has taken over their function for most purposes, as I understand
> it). If you can delete the file and everything that links to tqt still builds, I'd 
> guess that it's safe to drop it.

Oh, it will still build, I'm just talking about stripping it after the build is
complete but before the final package is compressed. I'll strip it for now. Thanks.

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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.