Bug#423182: numactl: should compile libnuma.a

2007-05-15 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hi, Ian Wienand, le Tue 15 May 2007 10:04:57 +1000, a écrit : > On 5/14/07, Brice.Goglin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >libnuma does not depend on the kernel interface as much as libc6 does, > >but libc6-dev does provide libc.a. > > The only argument I really buy is that static libraries can be fa

Bug#423182: numactl: should compile libnuma.a

2007-05-14 Thread Ian Wienand
On 5/14/07, Brice.Goglin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: libnuma does not depend on the kernel interface as much as libc6 does, but libc6-dev does provide libc.a. The only argument I really buy is that static libraries can be faster, and libc could conceivably be on the critical-path of an applicati

Bug#423182: numactl: should compile libnuma.a

2007-05-14 Thread Brice.Goglin
Hi, I agree with Samuel's request. A good reason to go against upstream wishes is that upstream is wrong :) Static libs are definitely very useful, and even sometimes required (when you want to link against a program that for some reason cannot be dynamically linked). And there is nothing specific

Bug#423182: numactl: should compile libnuma.a

2007-05-14 Thread Samuel Thibault
Ian Wienand, le Mon 14 May 2007 13:58:38 +1000, a écrit : > On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 10:26:53AM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > > The upstream build doesn't actually create a static library, I'm > > > pretty sure by design to avoid version skew, etc. > > > > Mm, what version skew problem could ha

Bug#423182: numactl: should compile libnuma.a

2007-05-13 Thread Ian Wienand
On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 10:26:53AM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > The upstream build doesn't actually create a static library, I'm > > pretty sure by design to avoid version skew, etc. > > Mm, what version skew problem could happen? Where the library changes due to kernel interfaces, etc. I a

Bug#423182: numactl: should compile libnuma.a

2007-05-11 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hi, Ian Wienand, le Fri 11 May 2007 11:15:30 +1000, a écrit : > On 5/10/07, Samuel Thibault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >There is no libnuma.a, but scientific applications typically compile > >statically and thus need libnuma.a, so Debian should provide it. > > Hi Samuel, > > The upstream build

Bug#423182: numactl: should compile libnuma.a

2007-05-10 Thread Ian Wienand
On 5/10/07, Samuel Thibault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: There is no libnuma.a, but scientific applications typically compile statically and thus need libnuma.a, so Debian should provide it. Hi Samuel, The upstream build doesn't actually create a static library, I'm pretty sure by design to avoi

Bug#423182: numactl: should compile libnuma.a

2007-05-10 Thread Samuel Thibault
Package: numactl Version: 0.9.11-3 Severity: wishlist Hi, There is no libnuma.a, but scientific applications typically compile statically and thus need libnuma.a, so Debian should provide it. Samuel -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'test