*.la 파일 - libtool

library 디렉토리를 보면
*.so
*.la
파일이 보인다.

so는 shared Object 이고
la는 머의 약자일려나?

2010.03.10 추가 la는 libtool archive ? 3.4 How to create a .la library (a.k.a. a libtool archive)? [링크 : http://www.kdevelop.org/mediawiki/index.php/FAQ]

아무튼, la 파일은 텍스트 파일로, libtool에 의해서 사용되며,
라이브러리 정보를 포함하고 있다.

# cat /usr/lib/libgpg-error.la # libgpg-error.la - a libtool library file # Generated by ltmain.sh - GNU libtool 1.5.10 (1.1220.2.130 2004/09/19 12:13:49) # # Please DO NOT delete this file! # It is necessary for linking the library. # The name that we can dlopen(3). dlname='libgpg-error.so.0' # Names of this library. library_names='libgpg-error.so.0.2.1 libgpg-error.so.0 libgpg-error.so' # The name of the static archive. old_library='libgpg-error.a' # Libraries that this one depends upon. dependency_libs='' # Version information for libgpg-error. current=2 age=2 revision=1 # Is this an already installed library? installed=yes # Should we warn about portability when linking against -modules? shouldnotlink=no # Files to dlopen/dlpreopen dlopen='' dlpreopen='' # Directory that this library needs to be installed in: libdir='/usr/lib'

[링크 : ttp://filext.com/file-extension/LA]