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 1GAhl6-0004pQ-70 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 09 Aug 2006 06:41:40 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k796fERV010971; Wed, 9 Aug 2006 06:41:14 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k796fDDs004978 for ; Wed, 9 Aug 2006 06:41:14 GMT Received: by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix, from userid 929) id F1A7B64B33; Wed, 9 Aug 2006 06:41:12 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 06:41:12 +0000 From: Elfyn McBratney To: gentoo-perl@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-perl] libperl: to keep or merge? Message-ID: <20060809064112.GF12338@gentoo.org> References: <44D931D3.9050605@gentoo.org> <200608090732.31740.ian@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-perl@gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-perl@gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200608090732.31740.ian@gentoo.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Archives-Salt: c6b5911b-5784-4fbc-8a95-70d2e157da19 X-Archives-Hash: 964b15fb452f20db242ab444a8ec038b On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 07:32:31AM +0200, Christian Hartmann wrote: > > OK, I think I floated this idea a while back, but it was while I was > > trying that zany slotted perl ebuild stuff, and it never made it any > > further. Right now we have an ebuild for libperl to build a the shared > > library, and the in the regular perl ebuild we build a huge honking > > static perl. > > I always wondered about that. > > > But seriously, do we really need to keep these separate? Wouldn't a > > (pseudo-ebuild syntax) IUSE="...static" and a if static? (myconf=$myconf > > -Dstatic_option) else ( myconf=$myconf -Ddynamic_option) work? (yeah, > > that was really bad pseudo-ebuild code, you get the drift). > > That's what the 'static' useflag is for. Let's use it. :) > > +1 for merge Same here, for what it's worth. :) Best, Elfyn -- Elfyn McBratney, Gentoo Developer +----------------------------------+ | irc.freenode.net / beu | | beu [@] gentoo [.] org | +-------------------------- o.0 ---+ -- gentoo-perl@gentoo.org mailing list