[OE-core] [CONSOLIDATED PULL 01/20] bitbake.conf: Create staticlibs pacakge for static libraries

[Richard Purdie]

On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 19:07 +0000, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 19:00, Richard Purdie
> <richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 17:31 +0000, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> >> I personally prefer -static. -staticlib seems redundant for me since
> >> we can end with libfoo-staticlib
> >
> > -static doesn't really work well given we already have -static packages
> > meaning something else (e.g. the busybox case).
> 
> Aren't we changing the wrong name? In my opinion then busybox ought to
> be renamed. Like busybox-staticlinked or busybox-nolibs.

I think it goes to show that -static is a bad choice of name as it can
take so many different meanings. Its also why I feel strong it should
reflect what people would use it for, not what it physically contains.

Cheers,

Richard