/usr/lib64/libautotrace.a /usr/lib64/libautotrace.so.3.0.0 /usr/lib64/libautotrace.so /usr/lib64/libautotrace.so.3 /usr/lib64/libautotrace.la Add static-libs IUSE if other packages needs ".a" You can use also autotools-utils eclass. Thanks
there is no "only if other packages need the static libs" rule http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_3f868cb433fe316d216b96ce5097b9d3.xml
+ 07 Oct 2011; Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@gentoo.org> + autotrace-0.31.1-r6.ebuild: + USE="static-libs" and remove libtool archive wrt #386035 by Agostino Sarubbo