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On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:04:07 +0200 |
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Roman Zimmermann <mereandor@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Am Sonntag 29 April 2007 20:46 schrieb paul kölle: |
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> > Roman Zimmermann wrote: |
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> > > (without the ugly EXTRA_ECONF-hack)? |
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> > |
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> > I wonder why you call this an ugly hack? It seems to me everyone who |
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> > wishes to avoid installing static libs is able to do so with a |
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> > simple variable. Having such a feature exposed to the mainstream |
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> > crowd without proper support by developers (testing and such) will |
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> > not do any good. |
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> > |
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> This is an ugly code since it's relies on econf which is - as an |
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> implementation detail - only used for packages with ./configure. |
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> (according to the ebuild howto). So it's not really a feature but a |
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> lucky assumption that most packages know what to do with "./configure |
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> --disable-static". Additionally handling exceptions with package.env |
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> can be a pain. It is much less supported by tools than package.use |
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> or .keywords. |
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An alternative that doesn't rely on autotools would be using |
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INSTALL_MASK. |
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Marius |
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Public Key at http://www.genone.de/info/gpg-key.pub |
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In the beginning, there was nothing. And God said, 'Let there be |
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