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On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 16:37 +0000, Alan Hourihane wrote: |
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> > > Just static. |
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> > Ohw, no shared libs! |
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> > Wouldn't this require some (portage-)mechanism to perform a |
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> > reverse-dependency-rebuild based on {,R}DEPEND? |
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> > As far as I understand, get_libname() returns the extension used for |
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> > *shared* libraries (which on AIX unfortunately can be '.a'). |
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> > What should $(get_libname) return when there are no shared libraries? |
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> > The test in readline just prevents moving 'lib*.a' out of /lib when it |
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> > (potentially) is the shared library. |
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> > When there are no shared libs at all, isn't it just wrong to have |
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> > get_libname() returning '.a'? Maybe it should return either the empty |
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> > string, or something like '.irrelevant' IMO. |
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> Having get_libname() return .a on FreeMiNT makes things behave correctly |
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> for the majority of ebuilds. |
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What would really break when get_libname() does not return '.a'? |
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IIRC, some ebuilds have a 'static' useflag. |
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What if this is use.forced in the FreeMiNT profiles? |
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> Given AIX uses .a for shared libs makes me think that readline should |
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> really be AIX specific and use CHOST == *-aix* rather than just globally |
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> using != .a. |
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/me just doesn't feel (yet?) get_libname() returning '.a' is really |
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correct. |
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/haubi/ |
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Michael Haubenwallner |
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Gentoo on a different level |
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