Re: invoke pkg-config with --static

[Robert Collins]

On Sat, 2009-05-23 at 18:18 +0200, Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
> Ralf Wildenhues wrote:


> > Of course, as soon as you propose your software for packaging at
> > debian.org, they will count not using .Private as bug ... ;-)
> 
> uh!  Good to know that!  Thanks :-)

This is because when you link against something that isn't directly
used, a library reference is made. This causes difficulty on upgrades to
the library-that-isn't-directly-used; and it can be very annoying to
maintainers of distributions.

-Rob

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