symlink libcucul.la to libcaca.la

[guest]

I recently had a problem during a gentoo package installation, about libcucul.la not being found. Effectively that file didn't exist, and symlinking it to libcaca.la solved the problem, as discussed in gentoo forums: ​http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-713934.html

I was checking the changeset [2854] that introduced the symlinks creation:

I don't know exactly what this line does . libcaca.la; \

Probably the symlink should be created there.

Santiago.

[Sam Hocevar]

Thanks for the report. It’s fixed in [3323], but I also blame Gentoo for relying on .la files for library dependencies.

(note: the line you quote sources libcaca.la so that the shell knows about the environment variable library_names)

[guest]

Well, apparently it wasn't Gentoo's fault, but mine. Now I tried to compile the problematic package running a tool that fixes broken libraries first and it installed correctly without having to create manually the symlink.

Maybe you could revert this change if you think it can cause more problems or is useless. Thank you and sorry for the inconvenience.

[Sam Hocevar]

Thanks for the information. I will keep the change for the sake of consistency, just in case. Distributions such as Debian ignore most .la files anyways, and Gentoo will keep working with the symlink.