Rémi Cardona wrote:
> 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?

Anyone who wants to build a static binary wants the static libs. Given
the difficulty in universally enabling or disabling their builds because
of build-system differences, building them and tossing them in the trash
with INSTALL_MASK, as Marius suggested, seems like the best way to go.

Thanks,
Donnie