This results in it also being impossible to write tests for a plug-in one is writing, as it seems to result in nasty errors from ld:
/usr/bin/ld: test-signon-plugin: local symbol `_ZN19AuthPluginInterface11qt_metacallEN11QMetaObject4CallEiPPv' in /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../../lib/libsignon-plugins.a(moc_authpluginif.o) is referenced by DSO /usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status This is happening when attempting to build lp:~dobey/ubuntuone- credentials/signon-tests I see there are tests in signon-plugin-oauth2 though. I wonder how it is they would be avoiding this problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to signon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1212705 Title: libsignon-plugins is not a dynamic library Status in “signon” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: In order to write a signon plug-in to provide integration with a new authentication method, one must use the libsignon-plugins library, which provides some interfaces that must be used. However, this library is currently built and installed as a static library only, which means every plug-in that links to it, includes the entire library within the plug-in. This causes an increase in size of of the plug-ins, and requires that they all must be rebuilt, in the event a security issue is discovered and fixed, in the library. This library needs to be built and packaged as a dynamic library instead. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/signon/+bug/1212705/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
