Bug 558672

Summary:	dev-libs/crossguid: build shared lib & support USE=static-libs
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	hal <laservader>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Xbox project <xbox>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=557412
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

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.