From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18844 invoked from network); 23 Nov 2004 19:09:04 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 23 Nov 2004 19:09:04 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CWg2C-0000dC-4E for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 19:09:04 +0000 Received: (qmail 13801 invoked by uid 89); 23 Nov 2004 19:09:03 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 32100 invoked from network); 23 Nov 2004 19:09:03 +0000 From: Paul de Vrieze To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 20:08:55 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.1 References: <41A201C2.3020201@gentoo.org> <200411221031.36526.vapier@gentoo.org> <1101145134.2161.14.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1101145134.2161.14.camel@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart11132539.BrAXjrVJsx"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200411232009.01916.pauldv@gentoo.org> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Useflag static split X-Archives-Salt: d13506aa-8665-4ae1-b1b5-61ac415f2f22 X-Archives-Hash: 8e0e7d3683a573f9d0e2489b1eedba62 --nextPart11132539.BrAXjrVJsx Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Monday 22 November 2004 18:38, Donnie Berkholz wrote: > 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. This and the fact that for some libraries the static versions must be built= =20 (for example for glibc there is a part of libc that is allways static), and= =20 for others that they only build against static versions. Paul =2D-=20 Paul de Vrieze Gentoo Developer Mail: pauldv@gentoo.org Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net --nextPart11132539.BrAXjrVJsx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBBo4rNbKx5DBjWFdsRAmX1AKCV/Cji0vxHBnoITNLpTTMoTU41qACgpov2 +iviCi05hzItynaSmZUDx7U= =Cw7i -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart11132539.BrAXjrVJsx--