It is fairly common that packages contain static libraries with no shared counterpart. These should not be removed with !staticlibs.
Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <[email protected]> --- doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt | 2 +- doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt | 2 +- scripts/makepkg.sh.in | 8 +++++++- 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt index 4ac7dc1..6c5ef84 100644 --- a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt +++ b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt @@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ A normal sync or upgrade will not use its value. *staticlibs*;; Leave static library (.a) files in packages. Specify `!staticlibs` to - remove them. + remove them (if they have a shared counterpart). *emptydirs*;; Leave empty directories in packages. diff --git a/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt b/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt index be5b809..ef64d17 100644 --- a/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt +++ b/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ Options *staticlibs*;; Leave static library (.a) files in packages. Specify `!staticlibs` to - remove them. + remove them (if they have a shared counterpart). *emptydirs*;; Leave empty directories in packages. diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in index b2cc8e2..67bd7f1 100644 --- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in +++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in @@ -1584,7 +1584,13 @@ tidy_install() { if check_option "staticlibs" "n"; then msg2 "$(gettext "Removing static library files...")" - find . ! -type d -name "*.a" -exec rm -f -- '{}' + + local sl=($(find . ! -type d -name "*.a")) + local l + for l in "${sl[@]}"; do + if [[ -f "${l%.a}.so" ]]; then + rm -f "$l" + fi + done fi if check_option "emptydirs" "n"; then -- 1.8.4.2
