This thread [ 1 ] might tell you why. In short, !staticlibs is now a default in makepkg.conf https://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev-public/2013-October/025542.html On 20 January 2014 21:57, David C. Rankin <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > All, > > This may be ridiculous, if so I apologize in advance, but something is > stripping 'lib*.a' files from completed packages between the time of > calling > package() and the final package being compressed. Building tdelibs, the > following files are produced and installed by package() in ${pkgdir}: > > /opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes_nonpic.a > /opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes_pic.a > /opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes.so.14.0.0 > /opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes.so.14 > /opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes.so > /opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes.la > > The PKGBUILD options are: > > options=('libtool' '!makeflags' '!strip') > > The package() function is: > > package() { > msg "Packaging - $pkgname-$pkgver" > cd ${srcdir}/build > > make -j1 DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install > } > > The trinity-tdelibs.install is: > > post_install() { > ldconfig &> /dev/null > } > > post_upgrade() { > post_install > } > > post_remove() { > post_install > } > > I know libtdefakes_nonpic.a and libtdefakes_pic.a were installed by make > -j1 > DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install from the build log: > > -- Installing: > /build/tde-tdelibs/pkg/tde-tdelibs/opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes_nonpic.a > -- Installing: > /build/tde-tdelibs/pkg/tde-tdelibs/opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes_pic.a > -- Installing: > /build/tde-tdelibs/pkg/tde-tdelibs/opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes.so.14.0.0 > -- Installing: > /build/tde-tdelibs/pkg/tde-tdelibs/opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes.so.14 > -- Installing: > /build/tde-tdelibs/pkg/tde-tdelibs/opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes.so > -- Installing: /build/tde-tdelibs/pkg/tde-tdelibs/opt/trinity/lib/ > libtdefakes.la > > However, the '.a' files are not present in the final tdelibs package: > > tar -tJf tde-tdelibs-14.0.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz | grep tdefakes > tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword 'SCHILY.fflags' > tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword 'SCHILY.fflags' > tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword 'SCHILY.fflags' > tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword 'SCHILY.fflags' > tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword 'SCHILY.fflags' > tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword 'SCHILY.fflags' > tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword 'SCHILY.fflags' > tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword 'SCHILY.fflags' > opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes.so > opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes.so.14.0.0 > opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes.so.14 > opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes.la > > So both /opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes_nonpic.a and > /opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes_pic.a were at some point stripped from the > final > package. How did they get removed from the package? What did it? > > If I'm just being dense, sorry for the noise, but a polite pointing to a > link > or some explanation would greatly be appreciated. > > I also know that this stripping of '.a' files did NOT occur a year or so > ago, > because tdelibs packages built with the same PKGBUILD contain the missing > files: > > tar -tJf tde-tdelibs-3.5.14_dev-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz | grep tdefakes > tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword `SCHILY.fflags' > tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword `SCHILY.fflags' > tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword `SCHILY.fflags' > tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword `SCHILY.fflags' > tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword `SCHILY.fflags' > tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword `SCHILY.fflags' > tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword `SCHILY.fflags' > opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes.so > opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes_pic.a > opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes_nonpic.a > opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes.la > opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes.so.4 > opt/trinity/lib/libtdefakes.so.4.2.0 > > What say the experts? > > -- > David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. >