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

[Philip Brown]

On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 10:38:43PM +0200, Dagobert Michelsen wrote:
> You can skip the build like you described. Additionally, GAR skips  
> static
> libraries per default during the merge phase (copying stuff from the
> install-*/ to pkgroot/). If you want static libs you must set
>   MERGE_EXCLUDE_STATICLIBS =      (nothing)
> The use of special rules is discouraged.

that's... really odd naming, again