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From: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org>
Date: Sat, 14 May 2011 11:38:33 +0200
Subject: [Buildroot] prefer static libraries question
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>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> writes:

Hi,

 Thomas> Does the "prefers" use case really makes sense ? I have always found
 Thomas> our BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB a bit odd, and I think it should be
 Thomas> BR2_USE_STATIC_LIB instead, and compile everything statically.

 Thomas> What do you think ?

I agree (where it makes sense atleast, not all upstream projects might
allow static linking).

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Bye, Peter Korsgaard