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 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HiHIj-0006ob-DM for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:51:25 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l3TLoUgA029331; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:50:30 GMT Received: from mail.esiee.fr (mail.esiee.fr [147.215.1.3]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l3TLm5NE026163 for ; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:48:05 GMT Received: from mail.esiee.fr (localhost.esiee.fr [127.0.0.1]) by mail.esiee.fr (Postfix) with SMTP id 3A5FB3658AF for ; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:48:05 +0200 (CEST) Received: from secure.esiee.fr (secure.esiee.fr [147.215.1.19]) by mail.esiee.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 105283658CA for ; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:48:04 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [10.0.0.13] (car75-2-82-224-45-203.fbx.proxad.net [82.224.45.203]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: cardonar) by secure.esiee.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A3EA398E5 for ; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:37:39 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4635132C.90009@gentoo.org> Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:50:36 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?R=E9mi_Cardona?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070326) 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 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] gentoo: static/dynamic linking libraries References: <200704291032.06932.mereandor@gmail.com> <9fce88250704290154j744ae4a8v19ce701e87be0f9d@mail.gmail.com> <20070429113659.24f0af00@snowflake> In-Reply-To: <20070429113659.24f0af00@snowflake> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 641348da-e3ac-4f00-bf92-58f434d4d5d0 X-Archives-Hash: 4fae7b7228eb4c8f6ec83fd7b25ed731 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:54:12 +0200 > "Jakub Moc" wrote: >> On 4/29/07, Roman Zimmermann wrote: >>> I'm now using gentoo with EXTRA_ECONF=3D"--disable-static" for a >>> while and it seems quite stable. Sometimes I encounter a package >>> that won't build with this setting, but that's a rare occasion. At >>> the moment this packages are for me: >>> dev-libs/libpcre >> Disabling static libs in libpcre makes sys-apps/grep w/ USE=3Dpcre bom= b >> out on compile... Just an example why you should always install both >> of them. >=20 > No, that's an example of why you should sometimes install both. >=20 Open Question part: Since I don't have any thing other than Gentoo : does anyone know how other distros handle static libs in their -dev packages? Does anyone care about static libs except for maybe really really low level stuff? My Opinion part: I'd definitely would like to see them leave my system for good as I have no use for 99% of them whatsoever. Open Question part: Could some FEATURE disable static libs building by default in desktop profiles, with some (like the 5 packages Roman pointed out) using something like a RESTRICT? (These questions are really not meant to be inflammatory and they are honest questions as I'm learning the trade here. Yet, if I'm way off, please let me know :) ) Cheers, R=E9mi -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list