Some packages are providing the USE-flag
Some packages are providing the USE-flag «static» currently. But why not adding it globally. An example eclass providing such a USE-flag would look like the following: ==== snip ===== if use static do CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -static" CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS -static" done IUSE="${IUSE} static" === snap ===== That's all.
$ euse -i static global use flags (searching: static) ************************************************************ [- ] static - !!do not set this during bootstrap!! Causes binaries to be statically linked instead of dynamically local use flags (searching: static) ************************************************************ no matching entries found Hmm. Don't actually know what are you suggesting then, packages would choose to inherit the eclass or not, which does not differ in any way from the current situation. Besides, some packages are known to break when compiled statically. Closing WORKSFORME, if you disagree, then explain in more detail, please.
