Re: [Chicken-users] [PATCH] PDF egg

[Christian Kellermann]

* Matt Gushee <address@hidden> [121211 20:57]:
> 1. I notice the setup file installs *.o files. Is that to enable static
> compilation? If so, I wonder if we really need that?

In the past chicken supported static linking of eggs officially.
Since nowadays egg authors don't provide these anymore (and sometimes
object files don't make sense) static compilation support has been
dropped. I think this has been done around chicken 4.2 or so...

HTH,

Christian

-- 
In the world, there is nothing more submissive and weak than
water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong, nothing can
surpass it. --- Lao Tzu