[arch-general] Does something in makepkg now remove '*.a' files automatically during package?

[Alexandre Ferrando]

This thread [ 1 ] might tell you why. In short, !staticlibs is now a
default in makepkg.conf

https://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev-public/2013-October/025542.html


On 20 January 2014 21:57, David C. Rankin <drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com>wrote:

> All,
>
>   This may be ridiculous, if so I apologize in advance, but something is
> stripping 'lib*.a' files from completed packages between the time of
> calling
> package() and the final package being compressed. Building tdelibs, the
> following files are produced and installed by package() in ${pkgdir}:
>
> /opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes_nonpic.a
> /opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes_pic.a
> /opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes.so.14.0.0
> /opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes.so.14
> /opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes.so
> /opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes.la
>
>   The PKGBUILD options are:
>
> options=('libtool' '!makeflags' '!strip')
>
>   The package() function is:
>
> package() {
>   msg "Packaging - $pkgname-$pkgver"
>   cd ${srcdir}/build
>
>   make -j1 DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install
> }
>
>   The trinity-tdelibs.install is:
>
> post_install() {
>         ldconfig &> /dev/null
> }
>
> post_upgrade() {
>         post_install
> }
>
> post_remove() {
>         post_install
> }
>
>   I know libtdefakes_nonpic.a and libtdefakes_pic.a were installed by make
> -j1
> DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install from the build log:
>
> -- Installing:
> /build/tde-tdelibs/pkg/tde-tdelibs/opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes_nonpic.a
> -- Installing:
> /build/tde-tdelibs/pkg/tde-tdelibs/opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes_pic.a
> -- Installing:
> /build/tde-tdelibs/pkg/tde-tdelibs/opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes.so.14.0.0
> -- Installing:
> /build/tde-tdelibs/pkg/tde-tdelibs/opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes.so.14
> -- Installing:
> /build/tde-tdelibs/pkg/tde-tdelibs/opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes.so
> -- Installing: /build/tde-tdelibs/pkg/tde-tdelibs/opt/trinity/lib/
> libtdefakes.la
>
>   However, the '.a' files are not present in the final tdelibs package:
>
> tar -tJf tde-tdelibs-14.0.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz | grep tdefakes
> tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword 'SCHILY.fflags'
> tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword 'SCHILY.fflags'
> tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword 'SCHILY.fflags'
> tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword 'SCHILY.fflags'
> tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword 'SCHILY.fflags'
> tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword 'SCHILY.fflags'
> tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword 'SCHILY.fflags'
> tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword 'SCHILY.fflags'
> opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes.so
> opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes.so.14.0.0
> opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes.so.14
> opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes.la
>
>   So both /opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes_nonpic.a and
> /opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes_pic.a were at some point stripped from the
> final
> package. How did they get removed from the package? What did it?
>
>   If I'm just being dense, sorry for the noise, but a polite pointing to a
> link
> or some explanation would greatly be appreciated.
>
>   I also know that this stripping of '.a' files did NOT occur a year or so
> ago,
> because tdelibs packages built with the same PKGBUILD contain the missing
> files:
>
> tar -tJf tde-tdelibs-3.5.14_dev-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz | grep tdefakes
> tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword `SCHILY.fflags'
> tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword `SCHILY.fflags'
> tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword `SCHILY.fflags'
> tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword `SCHILY.fflags'
> tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword `SCHILY.fflags'
> tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword `SCHILY.fflags'
> tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword `SCHILY.fflags'
> opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes.so
> opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes_pic.a
> opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes_nonpic.a
> opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes.la
> opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes.so.4
> opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes.so.4.2.0
>
>   What say the experts?
>
> --
> David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
>