558672 – dev-libs/crossguid: build shared lib & support USE=static-libs

Bug 558672 - dev-libs/crossguid: build shared lib & support USE=static-libs

Summary: dev-libs/crossguid: build shared lib & support USE=static-libs

Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM

Alias:	None

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

Importance:	Normal enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Xbox project

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Reported:	2015-08-25 09:53 UTC by hal
Modified:	2015-08-28 18:32 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

See Also:	557412
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Description hal 2015-08-25 09:53:04 UTC

Quoting from https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=557412:

"wsnipex posted his ubuntu ppa makefile on irc,
maybe helpful for rolling a shared lib instead of the static:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/12129416/"

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2015-08-28 18:32:59 UTC

the issue isn't "how do i create a shared lib".  if upstream isn't supporting a shared lib or stable ABI, then just making up a random SONAME ourselves is a really really bad idea.