[arch-general] Staic libraries

[Vesa Kaihlavirta]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 2:25 AM, Damjan Georgievski <gdamjan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Now, there are /usr/lib/libmng.a /usr/lib/libpng.a /usr/lib/libjpeg.a
> /usr/lib/libz.a /usr/lib/liblcms.a /usr/lib/libm.a files on my
> ArchLinux but there's no /usr/lib/libfreetype.a static library.
>
> In http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/11016 JGC claims:
> "Static libraries aren't needed to build static binaries. The
> makefiles contain hardcoded references to the .a files, which is
> wrong."

I think there are some hacks that accomplish that, but generally, if
you want to build something static, you'll want the static libs.

But JGC of course might know something I don't :) I'll reopen the bug
to find out...

--vk