James Troup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The static version of a library must be compiled without the > > <tt>-fPIC</tt> option. It must be placed in the development > > package, normally <package>lib*-dev</package>, but if its size > > exceeds the size of the rest of the files in the development > > package, it can be placed in a separate package called > > <package>lib*-static-dev</package>. It is recommended that the > > <package>lib*-dev</package> packages then declare a > > <tt>Suggests</tt> or <tt>Recommends</tt> relationship to their > > respective <package>lib*-static-dev</package> package. > > Can we at least also add an option to (or preferably replace this > with) dropping the static lib altogether at the maintainers > discretion? (Unrealistic) worst case this could introduce over 1000 > new packages which would be less than ideal...
For the record, I *need* static libraries. I would really be annoyed if I need to rely on the discretion of the maintainer to know whether they are available or not in Debian. Experience has shown that 'maintainer discretion' about libraries is too random a function to be relied upon. Cheers, -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
