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From: Donnie Berkholz <spyderous@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Useflag static split
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:38:54 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1101145134.2161.14.camel@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200411221031.36526.vapier@gentoo.org>

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On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 10:31 -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Monday 22 November 2004 10:12 am, Luca Barbato wrote:
> > 2- make everly library build always the static library and let use
> > static just apply for executables.
> 
> this is the way to go i think ...
> 
> if users dont want .a libraries on their system, i think the way to go is with 
> iggy's INSTALL_MASK patch rather than a USE system

At some point, it's difficult to discern whether something should be a
USE flag or a FEATURE (e.g., static, debug).

The problem I see is that you pointlessly build static libs, then delete
them. It makes a lot more sense to not create them in the first place.

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  reply	other threads:[~2004-11-22 17:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-11-22 15:12 [gentoo-dev] Useflag static split Luca Barbato
2004-11-22 15:31 ` Mike Frysinger
2004-11-22 17:38   ` Donnie Berkholz [this message]
2004-11-23 19:08     ` Paul de Vrieze
2004-11-22 17:37 ` Donnie Berkholz

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