https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Packaging_Static_Libraries_2 Build: nss-3.12.6-8.fc14.src.rpm nss-devel contains only static libraries, but no virtual -static package is provided nss-pkcs11-devel contains only static libraries, but no virtual -static package is provided
The static libraries in question are in %files devel %defattr(-,root,root) %{_libdir}/libcrmf.a .... and in files pkcs11-devel %defattr(-, root, root) ..... headers .... %{_libdir}/libnssb.a %{_libdir}/libnssckfw.a Bob or Kai, could you educate me on the reason for the static libraries? Thanks.
libcrmf.a is only used by the browser to create CRMF messages for key gen. The code really needs to be cleaned up and turned into a real library. You have to work to get it (it doesn't show up in a normal NSS link line). nss-devel should not be -static and it provides access to the normal nss dynamic libraries. libnssb and libnssckfw are for used to implement PKCS #11 modules. I think that all the libraries in pkcs11-devel are static, so it should be OK to call it nss-pkcs11-devel-static.
It's not necessary to rename packages. nss-pkcs11-devel should just add a versioned Provides for a virtual "nss-pkcs11-static" package, as it includes two static libraries only. It requires nss-devel, which pulls in different shared libs, but everything which needs the static libs in nss-pkcs11-devel would need to BuildRequires nss-pkcs11-static. nss-devel is similar. Its libcrmf.a is misplaced, as it isn't stored in a separate "nss-static" package, and there is no nss-static Provides either. What makes this further convoluted, nss-devel's .so library files are the same as the run-time library files, which is the reason why nss-devel itself doesn't contain any shared libs but just the single static lib.
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 14 development cycle. Changing version to '14'. More information and reason for this action is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
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nss-3.12.7-8.fc14,nss-softokn-3.12.7-7.fc14 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 14. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/nss-3.12.7-8.fc14,nss-softokn-3.12.7-7.fc14
nss-3.12.7-8.fc13,nss-softokn-3.12.7-7.fc13 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 13. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/nss-3.12.7-8.fc13,nss-softokn-3.12.7-7.fc13
nss-3.12.7-8.fc14, nss-softokn-3.12.7-7.fc14 has been pushed to the Fedora 14 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 nss nss-softokn'. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/nss-3.12.7-8.fc14,nss-softokn-3.12.7-7.fc14
Build: nss-3.12.8-3.fc15.src.rpm nss-devel contains only static libraries, but no virtual -static package is provided
nss-3.12.8-2.fc14,nss-softokn-3.12.8-1.fc14,nss-util-3.12.8-1.fc14 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 14. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/nss-3.12.8-2.fc14,nss-softokn-3.12.8-1.fc14,nss-util-3.12.8-1.fc14
nss-3.12.8-2.fc14, nss-softokn-3.12.8-1.fc14, nss-util-3.12.8-1.fc14 has been pushed to the Fedora 14 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 nss nss-softokn nss-util'. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/nss-3.12.8-2.fc14,nss-softokn-3.12.8-1.fc14,nss-util-3.12.8-1.fc14
nss-util-3.12.8-1.fc12,nss-softokn-3.12.8-1.fc12,nss-3.12.8-2.fc12 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 12. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/nss-util-3.12.8-1.fc12,nss-softokn-3.12.8-1.fc12,nss-3.12.8-2.fc12
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Packaging_Static_Libraries_2 Build: nss-3.12.9-13.fc16.src.rpm nss-devel contains only static libraries, but no virtual -static package is provided
Closed by: fedora-report-static-batch.py http://mschwendt.fedorapeople.org/staticbugstat.html
nss-3.12.10-5.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/nss-3.12.10-5.fc15
nss-3.12.10-5.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.