GNU bug report logs - #9489
Avoiding installation of .la files

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Subject: Avoiding installation of .la files
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I'm building Lua plugins with libtool. Lua plugins are dlopened
dynamic libraries, so don't use libltdl, and hence don't need (and
indeed, cannot use) .la files. How can I avoid installing the .la
files for my .so (or .dylib, .dll or whatever) files on "make
install"?

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