As both a member of base-system, and the lvm2 maintainer, I'm going to go and look at fixing them, because I'd prefer to keep them available as static builds.
On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 09:07:39PM +0200, Pacho Ramos wrote: > El mar, 30-07-2013 a las 11:42 +0300, Samuli Suominen escribió: > > On 29/07/13 23:57, Pacho Ramos wrote: > > > Hello > > > > > > As discussed at: > > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=478476 > > > > > > Upstream is dropping static libs from udev and, then, sys-apps/udev is > > > currently reverting that commit downstream (even if upstream says some > > > problems could appear in the future as nobody is taking care of static > > > stuff there). > > > > > > Grepping in the tree, looks like only some old genkernel versions are > > > depending on it. Apart of that, what is requiring static libs in > > > cryptsetup and lvm2? > > > > > > Thanks a lot > > > > > > > cryptsetup upstream installed minimal Gentoo setup and tested our > > handling of 'static' and was disappointed finding them broken > > > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=438998 - cryptsetup static+pcre > > fails > > > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=468400 - cryptsetup > > static+selinux fails > > > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=472692 - cryptsetup static+ssl fails > > > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=462908 - lvm2 static-libs > > missing library > > > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=467204 - lvm2 static USE flag > > missing proper description, yes this is minor > > > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=370217 - lvm2 fails to build due > > to missing -lrt, likely related to linking against libudev, yes the > > feature we are discussing to be dropped has been completely broken for ages > > > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=439414 - lvm2 static+selinux fails > > > > So we are not talking about removing anything that works, but something > > users get hit by reading outdated guides that instruct them to enable > > USE=static > > > > +1 for punting broken features > > > > > > We should drop that broken support I guess, but will CC its maintainers > here too (they are CCed in bug report already) > -- Robin Hugh Johnson Gentoo Linux: Developer, Trustee & Infrastructure Lead E-Mail : [email protected] GnuPG FP : 11ACBA4F 4778E3F6 E4EDF38E B27B944E 34884E85
