Bug#396416: [xml/sgml-pkgs] Bug#396416: libxml2-dev: libxml2.la leaves out dependencies on -lz -lm

[Mike Hommey]

On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 02:22:48PM -0800, Tom Epperly <tepperly at llnl.gov> wrote:
> My package, babel, builds everything statically and dynamically for the 
> sake of thorough testing. Everything seems to work fine if libxml2.la 
> includes -lz an -lm. We test it on other platforms where libxml2.la 
> includes the dependencies, and libtool does the right thing.  I guess I 
> don't see the point of not have the dependencies in the .la.

It adds unnecessary dependencies when building dynamically. What is the
point of building static binaries that include libxml2 anyway ?

Mike