Bug#633103: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev: Static library missing

[Josselin Mouette]

Le vendredi 08 juillet 2011 à 14:00 +0100, Reuben Thomas a écrit : 
> Package: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev
> Version: 2.23.3-0ubuntu1
> Severity: normal
> 
> I cannot find the static library for libgdk-pixbuf in maverick or
> natty. In lucid it is present in libgtk2-dev, which seems to be before
> libgdk-pixbuf was split out separately. I cannot find anything in the
> documentation suggesting that this omission is intentional.

Building static versions of gdk-pixbuf is non-trivial since it requires
linking a number of pixbuf loaders statically in the library. I’m not
even sure upstream still supports it.

If someone provides a tested patch that adds back the static version,
I’m ready to include it, of course.

Cheers,
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