libpcre-devel: no .a files

[Yaakov (Cygwin/X)]

On 2012-05-12 03:03, A.R. Burgers wrote:
> this package has the .dll.a files but not the .a files:
> I checked the libpcre build from source, the .a files are built,
> but apparently they are not included in the devel package.

No, they are not built at all:

http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2012-03/msg00101.html

> I would like to ask the maintainer to include them in a next
> release.

You'll have to give me a *really* good reason why you absolutely must 
static libraries.


Yaakov