Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:54:12 +0200 > "Jakub Moc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 4/29/07, Roman Zimmermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I'm now using gentoo with EXTRA_ECONF="--disable-static" for a >>> while and it seems quite stable. Sometimes I encounter a package >>> that won't build with this setting, but that's a rare occasion. At >>> the moment this packages are for me: >>> dev-libs/libpcre >> Disabling static libs in libpcre makes sys-apps/grep w/ USE=pcre bomb >> out on compile... Just an example why you should always install both >> of them. > > No, that's an example of why you should sometimes install both. >
Open Question part: Since I don't have any thing other than Gentoo : does anyone know how other distros handle static libs in their -dev packages? Does anyone care about static libs except for maybe really really low level stuff? My Opinion part: I'd definitely would like to see them leave my system for good as I have no use for 99% of them whatsoever. Open Question part: Could some FEATURE disable static libs building by default in desktop profiles, with some (like the 5 packages Roman pointed out) using something like a RESTRICT? (These questions are really not meant to be inflammatory and they are honest questions as I'm learning the trade here. Yet, if I'm way off, please let me know :) ) Cheers, Rémi -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
