On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Andrew Benton <b3n...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Sep 2011 15:40:29 -0700 > Nathan Coulson <conat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Bruce Dubbs <bruce.du...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > Checking BLFS, it looks like popt is used for Hd2u, pilot-link, > > > libbonobo, rsync, samba, and libdv. I also know it is needed for rpm. > > > > > > I am reluctant to add packages to LFS and cause 'bloat'. In this case, > > > I don't see any packages that I would term 'critical' from BLFS that > > > need popt. > > > > > > Since popt is, by default, linked statically into pkg-config, the > > > question is whether this error in command options parsing worth fixing? > > > > > > I lean towards not fixing this, but could be persuaded otherwise. > > > > > > -- Bruce > > > -- > > > > > > > bit of bloat, for having popt compiled in (probably in the kb range), but > > does not outweigh the cost of adding & supporting a new package. Only > thing > > I would consider tipping the scales, is if other LFS packages could make > use > > of it. > > > > As long as pkg-config works as advertised, I'd lave popt out of lfs. > > > > > > -- > > Nathan Coulson (conathan) > > It's just moving code from on place to another. Pkg-config gets smaller > by the size of the code moved to libpopt.so. > > I like shared libraries and as I use rsync I think installing popt is a > good idea. > > Andy > when I said bloat, I am assuming that pkg-config has a static version of popt compiled into it. the .so is 167kb unstripped, 48kb stripped. (don't have a static one to compare to). so as is, that's 48kb of bloat. (trivial) I prefer dynamic to static myself, but I would want more gain then a single dynamically linked executable when adding a package to the book Note: I've always ended up installing libpopt myself, nothing against it. -- Nathan Coulson (conathan) ------ Location: British Columbia, Canada Timezone: PST (-8) Webpage: http://www.nathancoulson.com
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