[Buildroot] [WIP PATCH 2/5] gcc-final: disable shared build for static

[Gustavo Zacarias]

On 05/26/2014 07:24 AM, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> There is an advantage with the pure dynamic scenario: build time.
> 
> When you have dyn+static, you build all object files (for packages that
> do it correctly): once for static without -fPIC, and once for dynamic
> with -fPIC. Here is what I have in my commit log about this:
> 
>     For example, a static+shared build of libglib2 takes 1 minutes and
>     59 seconds, with a final build directory of 96 MB. A shared-only
>     build of libglib2 takes only 1 minutes and 31 seconds (almost a 25%
>     reduction of the build time), and the final build directory weights
>     89 MB (a reduction of almost 8%).
> 
> A 25% reduction in build time is certainly nice for users who don't
> care about static libraries, no?

Ok, so then we can go for it, i don't think anyone will care about the
space saving though, but time is a whole different matter.
Regards.