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diff --git a/depends/packages.md b/depends/packages.md index ccdc858593..2c592885b6 100644 --- a/depends/packages.md +++ b/depends/packages.md @@ -151,6 +151,18 @@ Most autotools projects can be properly staged using: $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) install +## Build outputs: + +In general, the output of a depends package should not contain any libtool +archives. Instead, the package should output `.pc` (`pkg-config`) files where +possible. + +From the [Gentoo Wiki entry](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Quality_Assurance/Handling_Libtool_Archives): + +> Libtool pulls in all direct and indirect dependencies into the .la files it +> creates. This leads to massive overlinking, which is toxic to the Gentoo +> ecosystem, as it leads to a massive number of unnecessary rebuilds. + ## Secondary dependencies: Secondary dependency packages relative to the bitcoin binaries/libraries (i.e. |