[arch-dev-public] cleaning up unneeded static libraries?

[Allan McRae]

On 02/03/13 19:16, Andreas Radke wrote:
> Our packages in our repos by default don't need static libraries
> (random .a files all around). I think they are a waste of disc space
> and abuse bandwidth when uploading/mirroring packages. Most users will
> never need them.
> 
> I suggest to drop all static libs by creating a ToDo list and install a
> rule to not ship static libraries anymore, maybe with some exceptions.
> Whenever users require static libs we should point to abs.
> 
> Opinions?
> 
> 
> [andyrtr at workstation64 ~]$  pkgfile -v -g /usr/lib/\*.a | sort | wc -l
> 3417
> 
> There are probably more in other directories.
> 


Just add *.a to PURGE_TARGETS in makepkg.conf rather than manually
removing them.  Anyone who needs them can disable that.

(I will keep them in glibc/gcc/binutils...)

Allan