libpcre-devel: no .a files

[A.R. Burgers]

Op 14-5-2012 8:12, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) schreef:

> 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

in the source package from the pcre web site which I used, they are 
built by default, I didn't realize the source packages uses 
--disable-static, thanks for the pointer.

>
>> 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.

well, I like to make static builds, so I can distribute just the .exe
and the cygwin1.dll, without having to think about the dll's to include.
I think the choice of linking with either .dll.a or .a is quite elegant,
and works well.

If there would have been a poll on this topic, I would have voted in 
favor of keeping the .a files.

Teun