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From: Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] reminder: USE=static is *not* for libraries
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:28:56
Message-Id: 20060831171943.GA29160@nibiru.local
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] reminder: USE=static is *not* for libraries by Mike Frysinger
1 * Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> schrieb:
2 > just found another broken package that uses the 'static' USE flag
3 > to control generation of static libraries (aka libfoo.a)
4 >
5 > this is very much wrong ... USE=static is only to control the static-ness of
6 > binaries ... if your package has an option to build shared and static
7 > libraries, then it had better be building both or you'll get smacked !
8
9 BTW: is there a way to control whether static libs should be
10 installed ?
11
12
13 cu
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18 Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce:
19 http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce
20 Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions:
21 http://patches.metux.de/
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Re: [gentoo-dev] reminder: USE=static is *not* for libraries Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>