Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Donnie Berkholz <spyderous@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Useflag static split
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 17:39:25
Message-Id: 1101145134.2161.14.camel@localhost
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Useflag static split by Mike Frysinger
1 On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 10:31 -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
2 > On Monday 22 November 2004 10:12 am, Luca Barbato wrote:
3 > > 2- make everly library build always the static library and let use
4 > > static just apply for executables.
5 >
6 > this is the way to go i think ...
7 >
8 > if users dont want .a libraries on their system, i think the way to go is with
9 > iggy's INSTALL_MASK patch rather than a USE system
10
11 At some point, it's difficult to discern whether something should be a
12 USE flag or a FEATURE (e.g., static, debug).
13
14 The problem I see is that you pointlessly build static libs, then delete
15 them. It makes a lot more sense to not create them in the first place.

Attachments

File name MIME type
signature.asc application/pgp-signature

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] Useflag static split Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o>