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Description of problem: no static version of libdwarf is provided in fedora 11 or up. libdwarf is used by perf tool kernel performance analysis utility. Ability to build a static version of this binary is important because developer would often use it to analyse performance for non-fedora or embedded systems, which might not have necessary libraries. Additional info: Fedora guidelines say: In general, packagers are strongly encouraged not to ship static libs unless a compelling reason exists. For me, the ability to create a portable perf binary that I can copy around linux systems qualifies as a compelling reason.
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Fedora 12 has the same issue
libdwarf-0.20100629-1.fc12 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 12. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libdwarf-0.20100629-1.fc12
libdwarf-0.20100629-1.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update libdwarf'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libdwarf-0.20100629-1.fc12
CodeAnalyst-gui-2.8.54-23.fc12, libdwarf-0.20100629-1.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update CodeAnalyst-gui libdwarf'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/CodeAnalyst-gui-2.8.54-23.fc12,libdwarf-0.20100629-1.fc12
This is already in stable.