Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 195742
Static lib not in sqlite-devel rpm
Last modified: 2013-01-09 22:56:45 EST
Description of problem: The sqlite-devel package should include the libsqlite.a static library, however there is an error which prevents the file from being included in the rpm. This breaks the building of other components that need to link against the static library. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 3.3.3-1.2 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: # Check a fresh download (looking for libsqlite3.a): $ wget ftp:...Fedora/RPMS/sqlite-devel-3.3.3-1.2.i386.rpm $ $ rpm -qlp sqlite-devel-3.3.3-1.2.i386.rpm | grep lib /usr/lib/libsqlite3.so /usr/lib/pkgconfig/sqlite3.pc # Check a freshly built (looking for libsqlite3.a): $ rpm -i ../SRPMS/sqlite-3.3.3-1.2.src.rpm $ rpmbuild -ba sqlite.spec $ rpm -qlp ../RPMS/i386/sqlite-devel-3.3.3-1.2.i386.rpm | grep lib /usr/lib/libsqlite3.so /usr/lib/pkgconfig/sqlite3.pc Actual results: No libsqlite3.a installed with sqlite-devel-3.3.3-1.2.i386.rpm No libsqlite3.a included in sqlite-devel-3.3.3-1.2.i386.rpm Expected results: libsqlite3.a should be included in -devel rpm and installed in /usr/lib Additional info: The static lib is built and the -devel rpm builds without error, but the static lib is not included in the rpm. I tried adding this line to the spec: %files devel %defattr(-, root, root) %doc doc/ %{_includedir}/*.h %{_libdir}/*.so +%{_libdir}/*.a %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/*.pc Which caused the rpm build to fail: ... RPM build errors: File not found by glob: /var/tmp/sqlite-root/usr/lib/*.a I'm afraid I don't have the brain cells to analyze the build and figure out exactly why the lib isn't packaged; hopefully it will be obvious to someone. As a workaround, I simply copied the libsqlite3.a file from the BUILD tree to /usr/local/lib and it works fine from there.
We deliberately don't ship static libraries see in the spec: rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/*.{la,a} see: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#head-2302ec1e1f44202c9cc4bcce24cb711266557ad7 Specifically what other Core/Extras components require to build against sqlite statically?
> Specifically what other Core/Extras components require to build > against sqlite statically? I needed it to build the unstable branch of Audacity. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/community/developers#cvs I have no idea why it links against the static lib (possibly to simplify building under Windows?), and it seems that sqlite is only required to build an intermediate testing tool, not for Audacity itself. The comments I found on the Audacity mailing list, rather than tracking down the source of the build failure, simply disabled the component that depended on the tool. I wanted to "fix" the problem. But I can understand the policy (sorry I didn't think to check that) and it seems like the right thing is to fix it on the project end, rather than requiring the .a. I will pass this along to the Audacity devs, anticipating that this issue will be closed.
OK - if it helps you can rebuild tomorrows rawhide sqlite src.rpm with --with static to enable including of the static library which will help if you need an interim measure. I'm going to close it for now, please feel free to add additional comments as need be.