remove .la files during make install

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 2e08c1f8428ecbb56c33b3b3af02eb5c66ea8cec..7001dc2df241db36fe8ee09c4ed4d26ad0188954 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -31,3 +31,10 @@ install-exec-local:
        @echo "***********************************************************"
 
 
+# remove .la files. We don't need them, because we use dlopen, not libltdl.
+# If we ever switch to libltdl (to support dynamic loading on OSX, perhaps)
+# remove this hook.
+install-exec-hook:
+       find $(DESTDIR)$(pkglibdir) -type f -name \*.la -delete
+
+