From the description field, "The DirectFB-devel package contains the static libraries and header files needed for development with DirectFB." ... except that the actual package does not provide them. I need the static libraries to build splashy, a userspace bootsplash. See attached patch to fix the issue.
Created attachment 135177 [details] Patch that fixes the issue
You really need the static library? Is it for the program to be contained in an initrd or something like that? If that's the case, maybe it would make sense to re-enable the static library in the package... still, it's wasted space for most users.
Yes, it is needed to compile a program that will end up in initrd. Maybe we could create a subpackage containing only the static library so as to not waste space for other users?
Would fixing bug #186521 maybe solve your problem, by allowing you to link dynamically to directfb? I haven't ever looked at splashy, so I really don't know what's doable or not...
Created attachment 145719 [details] Spec file including static libraries
I don't know if fixing bug #186521 would get splashy to compile but the attached spec did fix it.
Addind sysfs patch that fixes another splashy build issue
Created attachment 145758 [details] sysfs patch
Created attachment 145760 [details] Spec file including sysfs patch
Thanks a lot for this patch. I've just requested a build of the latest 1.0.0-rc2 for FC devel, could you please test once it is available and let me know if you can rebuild spashy with it?
Following the threat at bug #215537 regarding static libraries for libjpeg, I asked the splashy devel team why they linked static. As it turns out their upcoming 0.3 release compiles fine with dynamic libraries making that bug request moot. Thanks goes to Tom Lane who was so reluctant to include static libs and sorry for the confusion. I guess that bug could be closed with NOTABUG.
Well, closing as NOTABUG then :-)