[csw-maintainers] static libraries lib*.a in our packages

[Mike Watters]

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Philip Brown wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 01:07:52PM -0500, Mike Watters wrote:
>> If we are compiling an "application" that offers both static and dynamic.
>> I would say compile them both and offer the static in a devel package along
>> with the headers.
> 
> Err.. did you mean "library"?
> 
> we do not offer statically compiled "applications". all of our stuff is
> compiled against the static lib.
> [i also dont see how an "application" belongs in a devel package]
> 
> 
> 
> Peter was not proposing offering our own statically compiled applications;
> only offering more static libraries for people to compile things themselves
> statically.
> 
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sort of,  "application" would be like mysql.

I guess I should have written it as...
If we are compiling an "application", such as mysql, that offer
both static and dynamic libraries, compile both and include the static library
in the devel package.

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Thanks,
Mike

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex,
and more violent.  It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage --
to move in the opposite direction."

* Albert Einstein 1879 - 1955
    US German-born Theoretical Physicist
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