Re: /usr/lib/private and static linking?

On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 12:37:30PM -0500, Benjamin Kaduk wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Feb 2015, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 12:01:41PM -0500, Benjamin Kaduk wrote:
> > > I have a machine running -current from December (r276480), and trying to
> > > link with "cc -static [...] $(krb5-config --libs)" yields a linker error:
> > >
> > > /usr/lib/libkrb5.a(kcm.o): In function `krb5_kcm_call':
> > > /usr/src/kerberos5/lib/libkrb5/../../../crypto/heimdal/lib/krb5/kcm/kcm.c:(.text+0x10e):
> > > undefined reference to `heim_ipc_init_context'
> > > /usr/src/kerberos5/lib/libkrb5/../../../crypto/heimdal/lib/krb5/kcm/kcm.c:(.text+0x162):
> > > undefined reference to `heim_ipc_call'
> > >
> > > Should I update my system?  Is static linking against libraries which
> > > consume libraries in /usr/lib/private no longer supported?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > In the last modification of the private libraries we removed everything which is
> > development related, maybe the .a files should be kept to allow linking to a
> > public library which consumes a private one.
> 
> Will you be able to look at doing so, or should I try to get up to speed
> and do it myself?

I am really deeply stuck into the projects/release-pkg so I would prefer
limiting distraction for now.

That is basically one check for !defined(PRIVATELIB) in bsd.lib.mk to remove

Best regards,
Bapt