[OE-core] Fwd: Recipe [patch] modification to generate a static library instead of shared library

[Matthew McClintock]

On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 9:20 AM, Ravi chandra reddy <vlsireddy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>      Is there any hidden pointer within these static dev packages. i
> expected the library to be .a format. what can i understand from these
> static dev packages, plz let me know.

Can you expand on what you're trying to accomplish? Are you trying to
build a static binary? I don't think you actually are trying to
install libxml2.a on the running image are you? Maybe you really want
an SDK with a sysroot populated with static libraries so you can link
against them?

-M