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With the change "[RFC] add prefer_static built-in option" (9603) from https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson Also: 6697 and 6629 It is now possible to have meson call pkg-config with the --static flag and bring in the Requires.private dependent libaries when linking. There is no further need to modify the .pc files (or the linker flags.) The use of the -Dprefer_static=true will cause the linker to prefer and use the static library if it is available, which might not be intended if the shared library is also available. This option will force the static linkage, whereas passing the libraries from pkg-config --static to ld would pick the shared libraries over the static libraries. With the linker options removing any unnecessary libraries: -Wl,--as-needed, -Wl,-dead_strip_dylibs The example below is how to force the linker to use the foo static library when a foo shared library is available. gcc main.o -Wl,-Bstatic -lfoo -Wl,-Bdynamic Which is what this meson option `prefer_static=true` will do for all static libaries that it finds (regardless of if shared libraries are available.) ref: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71078862/prefer-static-libraries-but-fallback-to-shared-if-not-found
LibreELEC
LibreELEC is a 'Just enough OS' Linux distribution for the award-winning Kodi software on popular mediacentre hardware. Further information on the project can be found on the LibreELEC website.
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