Bug 511470

Summary:	sys-libs/ncurses-5.9-r3[cxx,-static-libs] installs static libraries libncurses++.a & libncurses++w.a
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Hristo Venev <hristo>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Hristo Venev 2014-05-25 15:59:11 UTC

The offending files are:
/usr/lib/libncurses++.a
/usr/lib/libncurses++w.a

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2014-06-15 06:14:32 UTC

USE=-static-libs does not mean "no library archives are ever installed".  it means "if both a shared and static library are available, do not install the static library".

in the case of ncurses, the C++ bindings are only provided in static form.  hence USE=-static-libs makes no sense to disable them.