Re: [Fink-devel] static

2005-02-21 Thread Tony Arnold
All, On 21/02/2005, at 6:36 PM, Nigel Stanger wrote: On 21/2/2005 1:49 AM, Peter O'Gorman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake thus: If I recall correctly, the problems come when you have an app that needs fontconfig and also needs a lib that uses the new fontconfig, both the older fontconfig in

Re: [Fink-devel] static

2005-02-21 Thread Tony Arnold
Hey Mike, On 20/02/2005, at 7:55 PM, Michael wrote: One Step further on that the fontconfig2-dev package that I molded for the 10.2-gcc3.3 tree requires freetype-2.1.4 or later, which is currently not there, and on the freedesktop X libs, if by blockers, he meant what I am about to say, I

[Fink-devel] static

2005-02-20 Thread Michael
This may be a stupid question, but when is it necessary, or is it, or is it even possible, to use static linked libraries in a fink package? Mike S --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest candid reviews on hundreds of

Re: [Fink-devel] static

2005-02-20 Thread Tony Arnold
Hi Mike and all, On 20/02/2005, at 7:31 PM, Michael wrote: This may be a stupid question, but when is it necessary, or is it, or is it even possible, to use static linked libraries in a fink package? Not at all a stupid question I was going to ask the same thing (in relation to the

Re: [Fink-devel] static

2005-02-20 Thread Michael
Tony Arnold wrote: Hi Mike and all, On 20/02/2005, at 7:31 PM, Michael wrote: This may be a stupid question, but when is it necessary, or is it, or is it even possible, to use static linked libraries in a fink package? Not at all a stupid question I was going to ask the same thing (in relation

Re: [Fink-devel] static

2005-02-20 Thread Peter O'Gorman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael wrote: | Not at all a stupid question I was going to ask the same thing (in | relation to the fontconfig2-dev packages). I understand that it forces | libraries/executables to link against a specific version of a library | (i.e. in the case of

Re: [Fink-devel] static

2005-02-20 Thread Peter O'Gorman
Tony Arnold wrote: OK, that's really good to know - I guess what I'd also like to know is when is this static library situation appropriate? To be honest, I'd rather build a full fontconfig2 2.2.9x package (dynamic libraries and all). Is there any reason I shouldn't? If I recall correctly, the