On Thursday 22 September 2005 11:23, Ervin Németh wrote: > But how? > > If I do a "du -hc /usr/lib/lib*.a | tail -n1", it shows 63M. And I > really don't need them. > > Why INSTALL_MASK="*.a" is bad? > > * It would break bash, because the ebuild expects a static libcurses. > > * It would not save compile time. I would really appreciate if gtk+ > compiled twice as fast. > > Solution? > > For automake packages it is as simple as giving a --disable-static to > configure. > > Any thoughts?
Certain packages require static libs, but indeed for many they could be left out. Paul -- Paul de Vrieze Gentoo Developer Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net
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