378769 – dev-libs/gmime : add USE=static-libs support

Bug 378769 - dev-libs/gmime : add USE=static-libs support

Summary: dev-libs/gmime : add USE=static-libs support

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	Net-Mail Packages

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Reported:	2011-08-11 12:27 UTC by Agostino Sarubbo
Modified:	2011-08-14 04:36 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2011-08-11 12:27:08 UTC

This package installs also static libs ".a" please provide do add relative
USE. TIA

>>> /usr/lib64/libgmime-2.4.a
>>> /usr/lib64/libgmime-2.4.so.2.4.24
>>> /usr/lib64/libgmime-2.4.la

Please remove also .la if is not needed.

Comment 1 Alexandre Rostovtsev (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-08-11 13:27:45 UTC

There is no good reason for dev-libs/gmime to install static libraries and .la files at all; every package that uses it should be using dynamic linking and the pkg-config file.

I recommend adding --disable-static to G2CONF and 'find "${D}" -name '*.la' -exec rm -f {} + || die' to src_install, like in the overlay: http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/gnome.git;a=commitdiff;h=51490e1f29a1add04c2cd2ed0719900d680ab5c6

Comment 2 Alexandre Rostovtsev (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-08-11 13:41:26 UTC

Actually, may want to add USE=static-libs after all since it looks like some users of gmime (e.g. net-mail/dbmail) do support static linking.

Comment 3 Nirbheek Chauhan (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-08-14 04:36:39 UTC

USE=static-libs added, and .la files dropped conditionally, thanks for reporting.