[Plplot-devel] Build a static version of libplplotada

[Rafael L. <ra...@la...>]

Dear PLplot developers,

We are currently applying the patch attached below when building the 
Debian package for PLplot. It allows the creation of a static version of 
libplplotada, what is recommended to meet the Ada standards in Debian.

This solution is not ideal, because the new target libplplotada_static.a 
is created and later, in debian/rules, the following is needed in target 
execute_after_dh_auto_install (see [1]):

        mv debian/tmp/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/libplplotada_static.a \
           debian/tmp/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/libplplotada.a

My knowledge of CMake is too scarce and I could not figure out how to 
avoid the renaming above.

According to Nicolas Boulenguez, this change could be accompanied by a 
new configuration option :

     shared_library  *yes/no
     static_library  yes/*no

This schema could allow one to add a static-pic in the future.

Best,

Rafael Laboissière

  [1] https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/plplot/-/commit/82895090f80180bd1d085e03fb09056e31138e92