Antonio Rojas <nqn1976list@gmail.com> on Wed, 2014/05/14 11:51:
Christian Hesse wrote:
I think gcc, glibc, llvm and friends are ok. But zlib, mupdf, mysql/mariadb and some others should go away.
There was a to-do list to cleanup all static libs, so all remaining ones are there for a reason. Check the changelogs for the specific reasons for each package, e.g.
https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/commit/trunk?h=packages...
Is it possible to fix binutils testsuite? Remember the security flaws in zlib? Does anybody know what package has been built against static zlib?
https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/community.git/commit/trunk?h=package...
This brings the static libraries back, but there is no reason. libmariadbclient ships with static libraries because a package from AUR (neko) requires it. I think anybody should fix neko, but shipping official packages with static libraries in this situation is just stupid. Removing static libraries (and keeping them away!) should be treated more strict. -- main(a){char*c=/* Schoene Gruesse */"B?IJj;MEH" "CX:;",b;for(a/* Chris get my mail address: */=0;b=c[a++];) putchar(b-1/(/* gcc -o sig sig.c && ./sig */b/42*2-3)*42);}