Bug#368248: Elfutils ITP?
On Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 03:09:05AM +0200, Christian Aichinger wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 08, 2006 at 02:29:00AM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> > I currently have 1 problem, and that is with the ebl library.
> > It's only available as a static library, but it can dlopen()
> > several shared objects, depending on the arch of the file it's
> > trying to use. This causes problem in case someone wants to use
> > that library, since the normal shlibs won't work.
> >
> > What I see as the best option to fix this is to convert all those
> > shared objects into one static library, I just didn't have time
> > to do this yet.
>
> That would be one option, I'll look into implementing this. What I'm
> wondering though is why libebl is available static-only in the first
> place. Do you have any idea?
I have no idea. I assume because it doesn't have a stable
API/ABI. I've tried contacting upstream but he never replied.
Kurt
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