Changeset aee85523

Timestamp:

09/05/2018 07:51:47 PM (6 years ago)

Author:

Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, lxqt, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

c4a9102

Parents:

5e35dc3f

Message:

Add comments about .la files when installing glib

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@20457 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Files:

• general/genlib/glib2.xml (modified) (2 diffs)
• introduction/welcome/conventions.xml (modified) (1 diff)

general/genlib/glib2.xml

@@ -148 +148 @@
 <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../glib-&glib2-version;-skip_warnings-1.patch</userinput></screen>
 
-<!--    <warning>
+    <warning>
       <para>
+
         If upgrading from a previous version of GLib that was built using
-        autotools, and the <application>libtool</application> archives were
-        installed, you will need to adjust all installed libtool archives to
-        replace references to the libtool archives for this package,
+        autotools, and the <application>libtool</application> archives (.la
+        files) were installed, you will need to adjust all installed libtool
+        archives,
         <filename>/usr/lib/libg{io,lib,module,object,thread}-2.0.la</filename>,
-        with the appropriate linker library flag (-l),
-        <command>-lg{io,lib,module,object,thread}</command>. 600+ files must
-        be modified on a complete gnome desktop.
-TODO: If reinstating meson, reference the instructions to remove .la files
+        to replace references to the libtool archives for this package with the
+        appropriate linker library flag (-l),
+        <command>-lg{io,lib,module,object,thread}</command>. 600+ files must be
+        modified on a complete gnome desktop.i
+      
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+         Alternatively, you can just remove the unneeded .la files
+         with the script at <xref linkend="la-files"/>.
       </para>
     </warning>
--->
+
     <para>
       Install <application>GLib</application> by running the following
@@ -201 +208 @@
 <!-- <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> -->
 <!-- used when built with meson/ninja -->
-<screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -p /usr/share/doc/glib-&glib2-version; &amp;&amp;
+<screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install &amp;&amp;
+
+mkdir -p /usr/share/doc/glib-&glib2-version; &amp;&amp;
 cp -r ../docs/reference/{NEWS,gio,glib,gobject} /usr/share/doc/glib-&glib2-version;</userinput></screen>
 

introduction/welcome/conventions.xml

@@ -110 +110 @@
     <para>These dependencies are those that the BLFS editors have determined
     are important to give the package reasonable capabilities.  Package
-    installation instructions assume thay are installed.  If a recommended
+    installation instructions assume they are installed.  If a recommended
     package is not desired, the instructions may need to be modified to
     accommodate the missing package.</para>