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From: Christian Hartmann <ian@g.o>
To: gentoo-perl@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-perl] libperl: to keep or merge?
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 05:32:15
Message-Id: 200608090732.31740.ian@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-perl] libperl: to keep or merge? by Michael Cummings
1 > OK, I think I floated this idea a while back, but it was while I was
2 > trying that zany slotted perl ebuild stuff, and it never made it any
3 > further. Right now we have an ebuild for libperl to build a the shared
4 > library, and the in the regular perl ebuild we build a huge honking
5 > static perl.
6
7 I always wondered about that.
8
9 > But seriously, do we really need to keep these separate? Wouldn't a
10 > (pseudo-ebuild syntax) IUSE="...static" and a if static? (myconf=$myconf
11 > -Dstatic_option) else ( myconf=$myconf -Ddynamic_option) work? (yeah,
12 > that was really bad pseudo-ebuild code, you get the drift).
13
14 That's what the 'static' useflag is for. Let's use it. :)
15
16 +1 for merge
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Re: [gentoo-perl] libperl: to keep or merge? Elfyn McBratney <beu@g.o>