Re: [gentoo-dev] gentoo: static/dynamic linking libraries

[Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@gentoo.org>]

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Peter Gordon wrote:
> Back when I used Gentoo (mid-2003 through Nov. 2005), I remember there
> being a "-static" flag that could be set. I don't remember if that was
> in FEATURES or USE though; and not all ebuilds honored it. :| Is there
> similar functionality in modern Portage? 

As was explained elsewhere in this thread by Marius, that's not what the
static flag controls.

For your convenience:

Marius Mauch wrote:
> What decision? That USE=static shouldn't be used for (not) installing
> static libraries is simply because the flag is used to control how
> (parts of) a package should be linked and global flags
> shouldn't be used for completely different purposes. That's been the
> case since the beginning, so I doubt you'll find any dicussion about it.

Thanks,
Donnie


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