273346 – app-admin/xstow: package unconditionally links statically

Bug 273346 - app-admin/xstow: package unconditionally links statically

Summary: app-admin/xstow: package unconditionally links statically

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

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

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	No maintainer - Look at https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Proxy_Maintainers if you want to take care of it

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Reported:	2009-06-09 12:11 UTC by Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED)
Modified:	2011-12-10 15:13 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-06-09 12:11:53 UTC

I'm reporting this bug because your package is currently using static linking on at least part of the files it installs:



Now, while there are packages for which the static linking is mandatory, if it's just that it's desired, you should make it optional via USE flag default for +static with EAPI=1.

Static linking _may_ be a security issue, thus shouldn't be forced on. If your package is actually a prebuilt or proprietary package, you should install in /opt instead.

Comment 1 erik falor 2011-12-10 06:07:07 UTC

xstow 1.0.0 has been released.  It allows you to choose whether to build statically.  I've passed on a xstow-1.0.0.ebuild which respects USE=static to my proxy committer.  When it is included into portage this bug may be closed.

Comment 2 Maxim Koltsov (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-12-10 15:13:33 UTC

1.0.0 finally added to tree with static USE flag.