[Fink-devel] Inclusion of static libraries

2008-08-29 Thread Daniel Macks
Do we have any current feeling on whether package-sets that have shared-libraries should also include the static libraries? Lots of gnome does, lots of kde does not, other packages do or do not with no pattern. I'm thinking about disabling them (or not explicitly enabling them) in future gnome buil

Re: [Fink-devel] Inclusion of static libraries

2008-08-29 Thread Jean-Francois Mertens
Daniel Macks wrote: >> > I don't think any fink-packaged programs are static-linked against > fink libs (requires special flags, so it can't happen "by accident"). E.g. scilab-atlas links against atlas's static libs IIRC, and I remember having seen a couple of other examples of static linking ..

Re: [Fink-devel] Inclusion of static libraries

2008-08-29 Thread Daniel Macks
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 06:49:51PM +0200, Jean-Francois Mertens wrote: > Daniel Macks wrote: > >> > > I don't think any fink-packaged programs are static-linked against > > fink libs (requires special flags, so it can't happen "by accident"). > > E.g. scilab-atlas links against atlas's static lib

Re: [Fink-devel] Inclusion of static libraries

2008-08-29 Thread Charles Lepple
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 12:14 PM, Daniel Macks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pro static: > > Required by users writing programs that need to be linked static. This > might include trying to create something that can be drag'n'drop > installed on others' machines without requiring full fink. IMHO, t

Re: [Fink-devel] Inclusion of static libraries

2008-08-29 Thread Peter O'Gorman
Daniel Macks wrote: > Do we have any current feeling on whether package-sets that have > shared-libraries should also include the static libraries? Lots of > gnome does, lots of kde does not, other packages do or do not with no > pattern. I'm thinking about disabling them (or not explicitly enablin

Re: [Fink-devel] Inclusion of static libraries

2008-08-29 Thread Daniel Macks
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 12:31:24PM -0500, Peter O'Gorman wrote: > Daniel Macks wrote: > > Do we have any current feeling on whether package-sets that have > > shared-libraries should also include the static libraries? Lots of > > gnome does, lots of kde does not, other packages do or do not with no

Re: [Fink-devel] Inclusion of static libraries

2008-08-29 Thread Jean-François Mertens
On 29 Aug 2008, at 19:04, Daniel Macks wrote: > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 06:49:51PM +0200, Jean-Francois Mertens wrote: >> Daniel Macks wrote: >>> I don't think any fink-packaged programs are static-linked against >>> fink libs (requires special flags, so it can't happen "by >>> accident").