[Buildroot] prefer static libraries question

Sat Jun 18 19:38:28 UTC 2011

On Jun 18, 2011 8:47 PM, "Mike Frysinger" <vapier at gentoo.org> wrote:
>
> On Friday, April 22, 2011 09:25:27 Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> > On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:36:54 -0400 Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > > might be better to rename or add a new option.  then the build logic
> > > is clear: if user *prefers* static linking, we'll still build/install
> > > shared libs, but we'll generate static programs everywhere.  if the
> > > user *only* wants static builds, then we can skip the shared lib
> > > stuff entirely.
> >
> > Does the "prefers" use case really makes sense ? I have always found
> > our BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB a bit odd, and I think it should be
> > BR2_USE_STATIC_LIB instead, and compile everything statically.
> >
> > What do you think ?
>
> i agree on all points

Iirc it was me who added it and the initial intention was to only end up
with everything static, yes.

> -mike
>
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