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 1Hikm2-0006RG-Ny for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 01 May 2007 05:19:39 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l415IjDw021758; Tue, 1 May 2007 05:18:45 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l415Grw3019439 for ; Tue, 1 May 2007 05:16:54 GMT Received: from [192.168.1.106] (c-67-171-150-177.hsd1.or.comcast.net [67.171.150.177]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E8B564D4D for ; Tue, 1 May 2007 05:16:53 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <4636CD43.5010301@gentoo.org> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:16:51 -0700 From: Donnie Berkholz User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070427) 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> <4635132C.90009@gentoo.org> <1177987747.3440.16.camel@tuxhugs> In-Reply-To: <1177987747.3440.16.camel@tuxhugs> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig946719B3BE680EEBDBD7C497" X-Archives-Salt: 37632427-293d-4fa1-89a3-a8c0a9cd825d X-Archives-Hash: 52f4a0937f0500302b312ed2d8c1737b This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig946719B3BE680EEBDBD7C497 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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?=20 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=3Dstatic 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= =2E Thanks, Donnie --------------enig946719B3BE680EEBDBD7C497 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGNs1DXVaO67S1rtsRAgOFAKDYFl74svfhFHYL/dYY5AYGh1q2hACg7tID 9KeJbKlzNmlkRLjzKM8QcVA= =nrNc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig946719B3BE680EEBDBD7C497-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list