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On Monday 22 November 2004 18:38, Donnie Berkholz wrote: |
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> On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 10:31 -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> > On Monday 22 November 2004 10:12 am, Luca Barbato wrote: |
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> > > 2- make everly library build always the static library and let use |
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> > > static just apply for executables. |
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> > this is the way to go i think ... |
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> > if users dont want .a libraries on their system, i think the way to go is |
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> > with iggy's INSTALL_MASK patch rather than a USE system |
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> At some point, it's difficult to discern whether something should be a |
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> USE flag or a FEATURE (e.g., static, debug). |
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> The problem I see is that you pointlessly build static libs, then delete |
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> them. It makes a lot more sense to not create them in the first place. |
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This and the fact that for some libraries the static versions must be built |
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(for example for glibc there is a part of libc that is allways static), and |
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for others that they only build against static versions. |
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Paul |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Gentoo Developer |
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Mail: pauldv@g.o |
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