-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi everyone, While putting in a couple of packages for Extras Review I've stumbled into a couple of issues regarding how Ocaml links libraries and how the Fedora Packaging Guidelines are set. My packages in question are: ocamlSDL (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235804) camlimages (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235805) freetennis (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235815) Basically, ocamlSDL and camlimages produce two sets of libraries (a set of dynamic libraries, and another set for development etc), sadly when other packages like freetennis build, they staticly link to libraries such as camlimages/ocamlSDL. I found it semi-suspect when I built freetennis, and hence why I asked on bugzilla when I posted the three packages for review, however I did some more questioning today and after a quick IRC discussion in #ocaml was told: 12/04 13:39 < G> hmmm, .a .cma and .cmxa are all static ocaml libraries right? 12/04 13:44 < Smerdyakov> Those are the two library extensions, yes. 12/04 13:44 < Smerdyakov> Native code OCaml doesn't support dynamic loading. 12/04 13:44 < Smerdyakov> I expect that bytecode uses the same files for dynamic loading as static loading. Looking at my installed files on my laptop, lablgl, lablgtk and labltk (as well as the main ocaml package) store .a, .cma and .cmxa files in /usr/lib/ocaml (and subfolders). As I'm only new to Fedora packaging, could someone please advise on where I should from here on the matter and what the position of FESCO is on Ocaml static libraries, and where I should go from here. Thanks, Nigel Jones -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGHZpipldg9bRmG6kRAk8IAJ9JepuGRc7m3AH35XFhRUKG+w1xYgCgis+F BhyetHeiFfS5U9svDsy9Ufc= =RmdN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Fedora-packaging mailing list Fedora-packaging@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-packaging
