On 11-03-2015 22:13, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > I've been working with static libraries today. > > I was able to remove most of them and got through a complete LFS build. > What was left was: > > bzip2:/usr/lib/libbz2.a > gcc:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.9.2/libgcc.a > gcc:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.9.2/libgcc_eh.a > gcc:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.9.2/libgcov.a > glibc:/usr/lib/libc.a > glibc:/usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a > glibc:/usr/lib/libcrypt.a > glibc:/usr/lib/libdl.a > glibc:/usr/lib/libg.a > glibc:/usr/lib/libieee.a > glibc:/usr/lib/libm.a > glibc:/usr/lib/libmcheck.a > glibc:/usr/lib/libpthread.a > glibc:/usr/lib/libpthread_nonshared.a > glibc:/usr/lib/librpcsvc.a > > However, some additional tests failed. The *new* failures are: > > 078-binutils-2.25:FAIL: static preinit array > 078-binutils-2.25:FAIL: static init array > 078-binutils-2.25:FAIL: static fini array > 078-binutils-2.25:FAIL: static init array mixed > 078-binutils-2.25:FAIL: Could not link a static executable > 078-binutils-2.25:FAIL: Run mpx1 with -static > 078-binutils-2.25:FAIL: Run mpx2 with -static > > 103-libtool-2.4.6: 70: Runpath in libtool library files FAILED > 103-libtool-2.4.6:117: enforced lib prefix FAILED > 103-libtool-2.4.6:170: Run tests with low max_cmd_len FAILED > > 110-automake-1.15:FAIL: t/lex-clean-cxx.sh > 110-automake-1.15:FAIL: t/lex-depend-cxx.sh > > I'm having second thoughts about removing the static libraries. There > are really not that many in LFS and some in glibc appear to really be > needed. I'm not sure if the gcc libraries above are needed or not. > > OTOH, Ubuntu 14.04.2 has none of the above libraries in a standard install. > > Is removing static libaries really worthwhile? I'm leaning to no. It > takes away options from the user that would be hard to replace without > rebuilding the entire system.
Please, I'm having good results. But as I told before, I started removing *.a from gmp, not before. Nno problem with binutils and libtool tests. I did remove the two failing tests of automake. I have removed bzip2:/usr/lib/libbz2.a. I've installed gperf today. Again, the way I did, only the two automake tests seem to be new failures, so, if they are essential, we can leave flex with .a. I may finish tomorrow or Friday. Binutils, gcc and glibc, I didn't remove. All three or at least one I noticed there were no shared matching some static. -- []s, Fernando -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
