12.02.2014 02:09, Antoine Beaupré kirjoitti: > On 2014-02-11 19:00:45, Timothy Gu wrote: >> On Feb 11, 2014 10:27 AM, "Antoine Beaupré" <anar...@debian.org> wrote: >>> >>> Besides, -rpath is actually a lintian warning: >>> >>> http://lintian.debian.org/tags/binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath.html >> >> The page states that: >> >> The only time a binary or shared library in a Debian package should set >> RPATH is if it is linked to private shared libraries in the same package. >> In that case, place those private shared libraries in /usr/lib/*package*. >> >> That's exactly what's happening here if we'd like to add the ffmpeg >> programs but not use the libraries for other packages. Still, shared >> libraries are better than statically linking the ffmpeg programs. > > Ah, right, I see what you mean. I guess it would be better, but I think > it's only a marginal gain over a statically linked binary: it would > bring some confusion over the purpose of those libraries... Would other > packages be allowed to link against them?
Well, statically linking all the four ff* executables of ffmpeg would quadruple the total size due to duplication, and the libraries already take over 10MB even without that... -- Anssi Hannula -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
