Simon Richter writes ("Re: Should .a library contains non-reallocatable code?"): > On 25.02.2015 15:35, Ian Jackson wrote: > >> In libvxi-dev I provide a -fPIC .a library only, mainly for size reasons > >> (the library consists of RPC proxy/stub code for the VXI-11 protocol, > >> and is completely generated with rpcgen). > > > Do many other packages use that library ? > > No, just one. > > If that package were to be a shared library, the required space in the > Packages file would be similar to the size of the files installed by the > package. IMO, that's not really a good trade-off.
Ah, because of the requirement for the shared library to be in its own package ? So you're actually just making a static-only library to avoid metadata overhead. That's plausible, although I wouldn't describe it as space reasons... Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/21742.7860.680331.78...@chiark.greenend.org.uk