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From: Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Say no to static libraries!
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 09:50:25
Message-Id: 200509221148.03021.pauldv@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Say no to static libraries! by "Ervin Németh"
1 On Thursday 22 September 2005 11:23, Ervin Németh wrote:
2 > But how?
3 >
4 > If I do a "du -hc /usr/lib/lib*.a | tail -n1", it shows 63M. And I
5 > really don't need them.
6 >
7 > Why INSTALL_MASK="*.a" is bad?
8 >
9 > * It would break bash, because the ebuild expects a static libcurses.
10 >
11 > * It would not save compile time. I would really appreciate if gtk+
12 > compiled twice as fast.
13 >
14 > Solution?
15 >
16 > For automake packages it is as simple as giving a --disable-static to
17 > configure.
18 >
19 > Any thoughts?
20
21 Certain packages require static libs, but indeed for many they could be
22 left out.
23
24 Paul
25
26 --
27 Paul de Vrieze
28 Gentoo Developer
29 Mail: pauldv@g.o
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