Bug 273319

Summary:	www-servers/thttpd: package unconditionally links statically
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) <flameeyes>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	www-servers Herd (OBSOLETE) <www-servers+disabled>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:	331747
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Description Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-06-09 11:53:38 UTC

I'm reporting this bug because your package is currently using static linking on at least part of the files it installs:

www-servers/thttpd (/usr/sbin/th_htpasswd)


Now, while there are packages for which the static linking is mandatory, if it's just that it's desired, you should make it optional via USE flag default for +static with EAPI=1.

Static linking _may_ be a security issue, thus shouldn't be forced on. If your package is actually a prebuilt or proprietary package, you should install in /opt instead.

Comment 1 Thilo Bangert (RETIRED) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-10-28 22:26:15 UTC

fixed in -r8