Bug 609858 - avarice : does not adhere to Static Library Packaging Guidelines
Summary: avarice : does not adhere to Static Library Packaging Guidelines
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: avarice
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
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Assignee: Lucian Langa
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-07-01 10:40 UTC by Michael Schwendt
Modified: 2010-07-01 19:42 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2010-07-01 19:42:22 UTC
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Description Michael Schwendt 2010-07-01 10:40:15 UTC 
avarice-2.10-4.fc14.src
is missing
BuildRequires: binutils-static

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https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Packaging_Static_Libraries_2

If a library you depend on only provides a static version your package can link against it provided that you BuildRequire the *-static subpackage. Packagers in such a situation should be aware that if a shared library becomes available, that you should adjust your package to use the shared library.
Comment 1 Lucian Langa 2010-07-01 15:05:23 UTC 
I'm pretty confused here,
binutils-devel was merged in binutils-static now binutils-static has been renamed to binutils-devel. Isn't now the same think using BR binutils-devel ?
Comment 2 Michael Schwendt 2010-07-01 18:26:36 UTC 
binutils-devel enforces static linking via ld scripts (in the *.so files). So, as long as you can only link statically with binutils' libs, the quoted packaging guidelines ask you to BuildRequires binutils-static (even if binutils-devel currently gives you the same package). This is for tracking-purposes.
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