Description of problem: Static libraries are missing from the gtkmm24-devel package. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.10.5-1.fc6 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. rpm -ql gtkmm24-devel Actual results: No static libs listed / included. Expected results: Static libs included in the package. Additional info: .
Actually this is not a bug: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines?highlight=%28packaging%29#head-2302ec1e1f44202c9cc4bcce24cb711266557ad7
Indeed, Fedora doesn't ship with static libraries. There are a few (rare) exceptions but you'd need a strong technical reason. Note also that you can compile the source RPM yourself with '--with static' to enable static libs.