On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 02:14:05PM +0200, Thiemo Seufer wrote:
> Package: e2fsprogs
> Version: 1.38-2
> Tags: patch
>
> Hello,
>
> the appended patch adds support for building an additional 64bit version
> of libext2fs-nopic.a. The unstable toolchain supports everything needed
> for it, except stripping the final library (strip fails to recognize the
> file as valid, even in its binutils-multiarch incarnation). I disabled
> stripping for now as a workaround. The patch makes also the use of
> "install" more regular.
I didn't put the 32-bit MIPS special case code in debian/rules, so I
hope you don't mind if I ask a few stupid questions....
1) What in the world are -nopic.a libraries? What are they used for?
PIC libraries for shared libraries I can understand, but generally
static (.a) libraries are nopic by default, since there's no good
reason for them to be PIC.
2) Why is this being done in the debian rules file where it adds
clutter and confusion, instead of in either the configure.in file, or
the lib/Makefile.* files?
Thanks, regards,
- Ted
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