Re: [arch-general] static libraries in packages

On 14/05/2014 13:51, Christian Hesse wrote:

Is it possible to fix binutils testsuite?

Remember the security flaws in zlib? Does anybody know what package has been built against static zlib?

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https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/community.git/commit/trunk?h=packages/mupdf&id=c34f53eeb8efd6b4b033c2fdc58d0a329efdeeef

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.

Please file bug reports. One for each package. -- Timothée Ravier