From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GIqLY-00027t-0H for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:28:56 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k7VHS7C4029321; Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:28:07 GMT Received: from s15216962.onlinehome-server.info (s15216962.onlinehome-server.info [217.160.22.205]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k7VHNlVJ009301 for ; Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:23:52 GMT Received: (from uucp@localhost) by s15216962.onlinehome-server.info (8.13.3/8.13.3/SuSE Linux 0.7) with UUCP id k7VHNc30005416 for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:23:38 +0200 Received: (from weigelt@localhost) by metux.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) id k7VHJhhl004466 for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:19:43 +0200 Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:19:43 +0200 From: Enrico Weigelt To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] reminder: USE=static is *not* for libraries Message-ID: <20060831171943.GA29160@nibiru.local> References: <200608302239.00632.vapier@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200608302239.00632.vapier@gentoo.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Archives-Salt: 16c1679b-a9bd-43ab-919a-e386c94afa7b X-Archives-Hash: 99371eec747c1debf280317833184020 * Mike Frysinger schrieb: > just found another broken package that uses the 'static' USE flag > to control generation of static libraries (aka libfoo.a) > > this is very much wrong ... USE=static is only to control the static-ness of > binaries ... if your package has an option to build shared and static > libraries, then it had better be building both or you'll get smacked ! BTW: is there a way to control whether static libs should be installed ? cu -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: http://patches.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list