On 02/03/13 19:16, Andreas Radke wrote: > Our packages in our repos by default don't need static libraries > (random .a files all around). I think they are a waste of disc space > and abuse bandwidth when uploading/mirroring packages. Most users will > never need them. > > I suggest to drop all static libs by creating a ToDo list and install a > rule to not ship static libraries anymore, maybe with some exceptions. > Whenever users require static libs we should point to abs. > > Opinions? > > > [andyrtr@workstation64 ~]$ pkgfile -v -g /usr/lib/\*.a | sort | wc -l > 3417 > > There are probably more in other directories. >
Just add *.a to PURGE_TARGETS in makepkg.conf rather than manually removing them. Anyone who needs them can disable that. (I will keep them in glibc/gcc/binutils...) Allan
