packages: cairo/cairo-link.patch, cairo/cairo.spec - 1.10.0 - merged from d...

[Patryk Zawadzki]

On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Jakub Bogusz <qboosh at pld-linux.org> wrote:
> So finally - what is the future policy?
> Randomly removing some files or moving to -static makes only mess,
> which is worse than current situation.

Did anyone check what is the policy for other distros?

> We have some options:
>
> - preserve status quo, keeping *.la in -devel

It results in trash being passed to linker and sometimes hides missing deps.

> - modify libtool not to use *.la for dynamic linking and keep them in
>  -devel

I'd like to have this but it would be a patch for us to maintain.

> - remove *.la only for libraries with proper pkgconfig support, keep the
>  rest in -devel

That's just a partial workaround.

> - remove all library *.la and -static packages

I'd like to drop -static from all the desktop packages. We only build
it for the sake of having it.

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Patryk Zawadzki