[Buildroot] prefer static libraries question

[Mike Frysinger]

On Friday, April 22, 2011 09:25:27 Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:36:54 -0400 Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > might be better to rename or add a new option.  then the build logic
> > is clear: if user *prefers* static linking, we'll still build/install
> > shared libs, but we'll generate static programs everywhere.  if the
> > user *only* wants static builds, then we can skip the shared lib
> > stuff entirely.
> 
> Does the "prefers" use case really makes sense ? I have always found
> our BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB a bit odd, and I think it should be
> BR2_USE_STATIC_LIB instead, and compile everything statically.
> 
> What do you think ?

i agree on all points
-mike
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