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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT b/CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT index f2815c0e..0e7ff1a2 100644 --- a/CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT +++ b/CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT @@ -48,6 +48,17 @@ The stock networking scripts now use iproute2 instead of net-tools and rationale is that a newly installed machine should not have internet
connectivity without admin intervention) - see the USE_SLAAC config
parameter in the new rc.inet1.conf file.
+
+Slackware packages no longer install libtool's .la files, which have been
+ deprecated in favor of pkg-config's .pc files. Because of this, it's
+ possible if you're upgrading from Slackware 14.2 that you may have .la
+ files that were installed by software that you built yourself or as part
+ of third-party packages. These other .la files may contain references
+ to .la files that Slackware no longer ships, which would cause compile
+ failures to occur. The good news is that you really don't need to do
+ much more than remove the .la files and everything will work fine
+ without them. This command will remove these files for you:
+ rm -f --verbose /{,usr/,usr/local/}lib{,64}/*.la
The ntp package has changed such that ntpd now drops privileges and runs as
user ntp and group ntp. Be sure to move/merge the changes to rc.ntpd and
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