This package installs also static libs ".a" please provide do add relative USE. TIA /usr/lib/libip4tc.a /usr/lib/libip6tc.a /usr/lib/libiptc.a /usr/lib/libxtables.a /usr/lib/libipq.a /usr/lib/libxtables.so /usr/lib/libiptc.so /usr/lib/libipq.so /usr/lib/libip6tc.so /usr/lib/libip4tc.so
I'm not sure we need this here. We build iptables with all modules statically linked in and thus we build it with --enable-static, that in turn enables build of static libs and I don't see any need for USE flag to remove already built static libs ... Another option is to patch build system and add --enable-static-libs to iptables... Mike, what's your opinion here?
i dont know what you mean by "We build iptables with all modules statically linked in". iptables binaries dynamically link with their own libraries afaics. the reason for the hardcoded --enable-static is iptables is uncommon and uses AC_DISABLE_STATIC in configure.ac. past policy said we always build shared and static libs, thuse --enable-static. i'm fine with USE=static-libs support in iptables
was added at some point