[Bug 1815496] Re: Unlike libfreetype6-dev in Cosmic the version shipped with Disco doesn't include libfreetype.la file

[Steve Langasek]

Why is your application looking for a .la file?  This is supplementary
information to libtool which, if absent, should not cause build
failures.  The vast majority of library packages in Debian and Ubuntu do
not ship .la files, they instead ship pkg-config .pc files which provide
a cleaner interface for the system library case.

** Changed in: freetype (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  Unlike libfreetype6-dev in Cosmic the version shipped with Disco
  doesn't include libfreetype.la file

Status in freetype package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I noticed when trying to compile an application against the version of
  the freetype library shipped with Cosmic that it doesn't include the
  libfreetype.la file in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/

  My compilation failed when it couldn't find the file.

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