On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 2:25 AM, Damjan Georgievski <gdamjan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Now, there are /usr/lib/libmng.a /usr/lib/libpng.a /usr/lib/libjpeg.a > /usr/lib/libz.a /usr/lib/liblcms.a /usr/lib/libm.a files on my > ArchLinux but there's no /usr/lib/libfreetype.a static library. > > In http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/11016 JGC claims: > "Static libraries aren't needed to build static binaries. The > makefiles contain hardcoded references to the .a files, which is > wrong." I think there are some hacks that accomplish that, but generally, if you want to build something static, you'll want the static libs. But JGC of course might know something I don't :) I'll reopen the bug to find out... --vk
