Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Say no to static libraries!

2005-09-23 Thread Donnie Berkholz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ervin Nemeth wrote: | I see, but how about defining ForceNormalLib as NO in host.def? Yes, that is the way to do it, and I actually have xorg doing this already on USE=minimal. But at this point, monolithic xorg-x11 is in security mode -- it's not ge

[gentoo-dev] Re: Say no to static libraries!

2005-09-23 Thread Ervin Nemeth
Brian Jackson wrote: Solar had a nifty per package INSTALL_MASK in his bashrc at one point I think. Now I think the USE flag should be "install no static libraries for which shared version is provided". In Solaris 10 Sun engineers have eliminated static libraries. Linux is not yet ready for

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Say no to static libraries!

2005-09-23 Thread Brian Jackson
Ervin Nemeth wrote: I've got no full solution. The EXTRA_ECONF way works only for automake packages. Using INSTALL_MASK='*.a' makes me really, really terrified if I think about sys-devel/gcc. /Ervin Solar had a nifty per package INSTALL_MASK in his bashrc at one point I think. --Iggy -

[gentoo-dev] Re: Say no to static libraries!

2005-09-23 Thread Ervin Nemeth
Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Friday 23 September 2005 09:53 am, Ervin Nemeth wrote: >>I see, but how about defining ForceNormalLib as NO in host.def? > > it produces a bunch of static-only libraries And ForceNormalLib doesn't affect those libraries. INSTALL_MASK does, however. /Ervin -- gentoo-d

[gentoo-dev] Re: Say no to static libraries!

2005-09-23 Thread Ervin Nemeth
Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Friday 23 September 2005 04:10 am, Ervin Nemeth wrote: > >>Mike Frysinger wrote: >> >>>On Thursday 22 September 2005 05:23 am, Ervin Németh wrote: >>> For automake packages it is as simple as giving a --disable-static to configure. >>> >>>you can put 'EXTRA_ECONF

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Say no to static libraries!

2005-09-23 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Friday 23 September 2005 09:53 am, Ervin Nemeth wrote: > Donnie Berkholz wrote: > > Ervin Nemeth wrote: > > | Now let's do the same for xorg-x11, > > > > Ha, good luck trying to pass standard configure options into imake. > > I see, but how about defining ForceNormalLib as NO in host.def? proba

[gentoo-dev] Re: Say no to static libraries!

2005-09-23 Thread Ervin Nemeth
Donnie Berkholz wrote: > Ervin Nemeth wrote: > | Now let's do the same for xorg-x11, > > Ha, good luck trying to pass standard configure options into imake. I see, but how about defining ForceNormalLib as NO in host.def? /Ervin -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Say no to static libraries!

2005-09-23 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Friday 23 September 2005 04:10 am, Ervin Nemeth wrote: > Mike Frysinger wrote: > > On Thursday 22 September 2005 05:23 am, Ervin Németh wrote: > >>For automake packages it is as simple as giving a --disable-static to > >>configure. > > > > you can put 'EXTRA_ECONF=--disable-static' into your /et

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Say no to static libraries!

2005-09-23 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Friday 23 September 2005 05:02 am, Thomas de Grenier de Latour wrote: > On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 10:10:11 +0200 > > Ervin Nemeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Do you feel the need for a new USE flag? > > There is already a "static" flag, and that's what it actually does > for some packages (most gno

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Say no to static libraries!

2005-09-23 Thread Philippe Trottier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ervin Nemeth wrote: > Mike Frysinger wrote: > >>On Thursday 22 September 2005 05:23 am, Ervin Németh wrote: >> >>>For automake packages it is as simple as giving a --disable-static to >>>configure. >> >> >>you can put 'EXTRA_ECONF=--disable-static' in

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Say no to static libraries!

2005-09-23 Thread Thomas de Grenier de Latour
On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 10:10:11 +0200 Ervin Nemeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you feel the need for a new USE flag? There is already a "static" flag, and that's what it actually does for some packages (most gnome-related libs for instance). Side note: i'm not saying it's the perfect solution t

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Say no to static libraries!

2005-09-23 Thread Paul de Vrieze
On Friday 23 September 2005 10:45, Donnie Berkholz wrote: > Ervin Nemeth wrote: > | Now let's do the same for xorg-x11, > > Ha, good luck trying to pass standard configure options into imake. I though the 7.0 release of xorg-x11 would be split AND autotooled ;-) Paul -- Paul de Vrieze Gentoo De

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Say no to static libraries!

2005-09-23 Thread Donnie Berkholz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ervin Nemeth wrote: | Now let's do the same for xorg-x11, Ha, good luck trying to pass standard configure options into imake. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDM8ChXVaO67S1rtsRAqtiAJ9HTNKxUKpEJq/O/BAjZ8WkBq510QC

[gentoo-dev] Re: Say no to static libraries!

2005-09-23 Thread Ervin Nemeth
Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Thursday 22 September 2005 05:23 am, Ervin Németh wrote: >>For automake packages it is as simple as giving a --disable-static to >>configure. > > > you can put 'EXTRA_ECONF=--disable-static' into your /etc/make.conf ... Thanks Mika, it works perfectly! Now let's do th