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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] Useflag static split
From:       Paul de Vrieze <pauldv () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2004-11-23 19:08:55
Message-ID: 200411232009.01916.pauldv () gentoo ! org
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On Monday 22 November 2004 18:38, Donnie Berkholz wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 10:31 -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Monday 22 November 2004 10:12 am, Luca Barbato wrote:
> > > 2- make everly library build always the static library and let use
> > > static just apply for executables.
> >
> > this is the way to go i think ...
> >
> > if users dont want .a libraries on their system, i think the way to go is
> > with iggy's INSTALL_MASK patch rather than a USE system
>
> At some point, it's difficult to discern whether something should be a
> USE flag or a FEATURE (e.g., static, debug).
>
> The problem I see is that you pointlessly build static libs, then delete
> them. It makes a lot more sense to not create them in the first place.

This and the fact that for some libraries the static versions must be built 
(for example for glibc there is a part of libc that is allways static), and 
for others that they only build against static versions.

Paul

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