Re: Exception for shipping shared libraries compiled with -fPIC for multiple packages

[Raoul Borenius <borenius@dfn.de>]

Hello all,

On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 01:02:02AM +0200, Balint Reczey wrote:
> Dear People of Debian-Devel,
> 
> Current Policy (3.9.8.0) mandates discussion on debian-devel@d.o
> before changing packages to ship static libraries compiled with -fPIC:
> 
> ---
> 10.2 Libraries
> ... (paragraph about shared libs)
 
> I am hereby asking for exceptions for the following packages:
> 
>   Bug              Package                                             Title
> #586572 libdpkg-dev                   libdpkg-dev: Please provide a libdpkg shared library
> #712228 src:ghc                       Hardening flag -pie breaks compilation with GHC
> #804254 publib-dev                    publib-dev: please build libpub.a with -fPIC
> #837350 src:binutils                  binutils: Please build libbfd.a with -fPIC
> #837359 src:ocaml                     ocaml: Please build libasmrun.a and libcamlrun.a with -fPIC
> #837363 src:cpputest                  cpputest: Please build libCppUTest.a with -fPIC
> #837417 src:ctn                       ctn: Please build libctn.a with -fPIC
> #837423 src:jack-audio-connection-kit jack-audio-connection-kit: Please build libjack.a with -fPIC
> #837424 src:portaudio19               portaudio19: Please build libportaudio.a with -fPIC
> #837434 src:binpac                    binpac: Please build libbinpac.a with -fPIC
> #837445 src:check                     check: Please build libcheck.a with -fPIC
> #837452 src:simgear                   simgear: Please build libSimGearCore.a and libSimGearScene.a with -fPIC
> #837489 src:antlr                     antlr: Please build libantlr.a with -fPIC
> #837490 src:libpapyrus3-dev           libpapyrus3-dev: Please build libPapyrus3.a with -fPIC
> #837491 src:libgadap-dev              libgadap-dev: Please build libgadap.a with -fPIC

I would like to add

#837400 src:i2util                    libi2util-dev: Please build libI2util.a with -fPIC

to the list.

Thanks,

 Raoul