[Touch-packages] [Bug 1358372] Re: libudev-dev does not include static library

2014-08-19 Thread Rickard Lind
I realize I'm tilting at windmills here, but the need is being able to build statically linked binaries. I don't see the harm in providing that option for those who need it. What's next, patch out the -static flag from gcc? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1358372] Re: libudev-dev does not include static library

2014-08-19 Thread Martin Pitt
Upstream has repeatedly stated that they don't support building static libraries, and --enable-static is explicitly switched off (configure: error: --enable-static is not supported by systemd). If you have a proper use case for that, you are welcome to discuss that

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1358372] Re: libudev-dev does not include static library

2014-08-18 Thread Martin Pitt
Right, we don't build static libraries (in quite a lot of packages), as there's really no need for them and they just encourage code duplication and hard to maintain systems. ** Summary changed: - libudev1 does not include static library + libudev-dev does not include static library ** Changed