From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA58313873B for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2014 19:40:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 41CF4E0A8C; Tue, 4 Mar 2014 19:40:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 448A0E0888 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2014 19:40:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77E5533F705 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2014 19:40:27 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.004 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.004 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-2.203, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.001, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=1.2, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id c_F6OFWI_xQv for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2014 19:40:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3199333FB49 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2014 19:40:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WKvCG-0000iP-Qj for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Tue, 04 Mar 2014 20:40:12 +0100 Received: from dsl.comtrol.com ([64.122.56.22]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 04 Mar 2014 20:40:12 +0100 Received: from grant.b.edwards by dsl.comtrol.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 04 Mar 2014 20:40:12 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: No static or multilib support for libtcl? Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 19:39:46 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <20140304185756.318df6ec@falcon.eroen.eu> X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: f8efc4be-ba1c-405e-92f4-ca953ad69d1c X-Archives-Hash: 3eabdeed4b241df2c84ba5ba616e238a On 2014-03-04, eroen wrote: > On Tue, 4 Mar 2014 16:35:30 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards > wrote: >> Why isn't there a static or mutlilib libtcl.so? >> >> When I want to build a static binary that uses libtcl, I have to build >> my own private copy of libtcl? >> > > I don't know about a static one, but versions since > dev-lang/tcl-8.5.15-r1 are multilib-enabled through the abi_x86_64 use > flag (or the related ABI_X86 use_expand) in testing arches. > > Unfortunately, this capability is presently difficult to leverage on > stable arches, After some further googling and reading of Changelogs, that's pretty much what I had surmised. > particularly because the dependency on multilib zlib which > (indirectly through blockers) turns this into an all-or-nothing > affair unless you can live without multilib variants of the other > libraries that have until now been provided by the > emul-linux-x86-baselibs package. > > For your requirements, I would suggest you rather build tcl yourself > for your development and leave the gentoo packaged version for use > with other packages that use it. OK, thanks for confirming that I wasn't missing something obvious. :) -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! HAIR TONICS, please!! at gmail.com