[quoted with Yuri's permission] Yuri <y...@freebsd.org> writes: > Setting LIBR=off causes lib/R/lib/libR.so to disappear. This makes it > difficult for ports depending on math/R (like RStudio) to set port > dependencies. Is it really important to have the ability to use only > the static library? In case it isn't important, maybe you could delete > LIBR?
I think it could be OK to remove the option and always build the shared library. Some potential concerns: - This is not upstream's default. - Upstream warns of possible performance penalties [1,2]. - Users currently without the shared library will have to reinstall R packages the next time they update math/R. [1] https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-admin.html#Configuration-options [2] https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-admin.html#DOCF57 Joseph
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