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From: "Ervin Németh" <ervin.nemeth@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Say no to static libraries!
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 09:25:53
Message-Id: 1b8cd0140509220223db588ca@mail.gmail.com
1 But how?
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3 If I do a "du -hc /usr/lib/lib*.a | tail -n1", it shows 63M. And I
4 really don't need them.
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6 Why INSTALL_MASK="*.a" is bad?
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8 * It would break bash, because the ebuild expects a static libcurses.
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10 * It would not save compile time. I would really appreciate if gtk+
11 compiled twice as fast.
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13 Solution?
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15 For automake packages it is as simple as giving a --disable-static to configure.
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17 Any thoughts?
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20 /Ervin
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Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] Say no to static libraries! Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Say no to static libraries! Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>