Subject: Re: libssh2.pc lacks Requires

Re: libssh2.pc lacks Requires

From: Mikhail Gusarov <dottedmag_at_dottedmag.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:36:45 +0200

Twas brillig at 01:18:27 23.04.2012 UTC+02 when lists_at_gknw.net did gyre and gimble:

>> .private (both for Libs and Requires) is shown when pkg-config is run
>> with --static.
 G> then we should just duplicate it and have both, or?

No.

If the library is exposed in Libs/Requires, then the client of shared
version libssh2 is becoming linked to this library, which is a bad thing
(e.g. see http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Overlinking ).

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Received on 2012-04-23