Dnia 11.06.2012 o 16:56 Joost Ruis <[email protected]>
napisał(a):
Would it be smart to enable the use of static-libs on certain packages?
Or should it be considered as bloat in Gentoo/Sabayon?
How I see it:
At compile time if you enable static-libs it will copy all the needed
functions from external libs into its own binary blob.
Benefits:
- Lesser breakage (on the build chroot), smaller deptree (in the binary
tree)
Downside:
- Bigger binaries
- A potential security problem if a library dep. had some bug, it is
now hardcoded in the binary. Is that manageable?
Myself sees it as being bloat and a potential security risk.
But maybe that is because I most likely don't 100% understand how it
works.
global:static-libs: Build static libraries
It's used to build .a files and install them. You've confused the flag
(which seems a bit common) with "static":
global:static: !!do not set this during bootstrap!! Causes binaries to be
statically linked instead of dynamically.
So:
USE=static - as you've said, better not (bloat, security);
USE=static-libs - those .a files aren't normally needed, so no need to
enable it unless explicitly requested by someone or a package, in my
oppinion.
SN
