Opened 10 months ago

Last modified 4 months ago

#69179 assigned enhancement

protobuf3-cpp: include static libraries

Reported by: ChrisDodd (Chris Dodd) Owned by: mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)
Priority: Normal Milestone:
Component: ports Version:
Keywords: Cc: achernya (Alex Chernyakhovsky)
Port: protobuf3-cpp

Description

It seems this port only comes with dynamic libraries -- the static libraries are missing?

Change History (3)

comment:1 Changed 10 months ago by ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)

Owner: set to mascguy
Status: new → assigned
Summary: protobuf3-cpp does not include static libraries → protobuf3-cpp: include static libraries
Type: defect → enhancement

Because protobuf3-cpp uses CMake. Read comment:ticket:65788:5 to learn why that causes this problem.

comment:2 Changed 4 months ago by achernya (Alex Chernyakhovsky)

Is there a workaround that can be used in the short term to get a libprotobuf.a via macports?

comment:3 Changed 4 months ago by ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)

Cc: achernya added

If you just want a static libprotobuf.a to use for your own purposes, and you want to use MacPorts to build it, you could edit the protobuf3-cpp portfile (sudo port edit protobuf3-cpp), change -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON to -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=OFF, forcibly uninstall the protobuf3-cpp port if you already have it installed (sudo port -f uninstall protobuf3-cpp), then install it from source (sudo port -s install protobuf3-cpp). Hopefully this works and the port then contains libprotobuf.a which you can copy to wherever you need it. Be sure to uninstall this nonstandard protobuf3-cpp port, undo your edits to the portfile, and reinstall the standard one right away or you will cause problems for ports that depend on protobuf3-cpp.

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