Re: Question regarding policy (11.2)
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003 11:50:16 +0100,
Josip Rodin <joy@gkvk.hr> wrote:
> The static version of a library must be compiled without the
> <tt>-fPIC</tt> option. It must be placed in the development
> package, normally <package>lib*-dev</package>, but if its size
> exceeds the size of the rest of the files in the development
> package, it can be placed in a separate package called
> <package>lib*-static-dev</package>. It is recommended that the
> <package>lib*-dev</package> packages then declare a
> <tt>Suggests</tt> or <tt>Recommends</tt> relationship to their
> respective <package>lib*-static-dev</package> package.
Why not
lib*: shared library, all symlinks to .so (including .so -> .so.x.y.z)
and header files
lib*-dev: static library?
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