remove unneeded static libraries

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chapter08/binutils.xml

@@ -163,6 +163,10 @@ cd       build</userinput></screen>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="install">make tooldir=/usr install</userinput></screen>
 
+    <para>Remove useless static libraries:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="install">rm -fv /usr/lib/lib{bfd,ctf,ctf-nobfd,opcodes}.a</userinput></screen>
+
   </sect2>
 
   <sect2 id="contents-binutils" role="content">
@@ -176,7 +180,7 @@ cd       build</userinput></screen>
       <seglistitem>
         <seg>addr2line, ar, as, c++filt, dwp, elfedit, gprof, ld, ld.bfd, ld.gold, nm,
         objcopy, objdump, ranlib, readelf, size, strings, and strip</seg>
-        <seg>libbfd.{a,so}, libctf.{a,so}, libctf-nobfd.{a,so}, and libopcodes.{a,so}</seg>
+        <seg>libbfd.so, libctf.so, libctf-nobfd.so, and libopcodes.so</seg>
         <seg>/usr/lib/ldscripts</seg>
       </seglistitem>
     </segmentedlist>

chapter08/bzip2.xml

@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ rm -v /usr/bin/{bunzip2,bzcat,bzip2}
 ln -sv bzip2 /bin/bunzip2
 ln -sv bzip2 /bin/bzcat</userinput></screen>
 
+    <para>Remove an useless static library:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="install">rm -fv /usr/lib/libz.a</userinput></screen>
+
   </sect2>
 
   <sect2 id="contents-bzip2" role="content">
@@ -109,7 +113,7 @@ ln -sv bzip2 /bin/bzcat</userinput></screen>
         <seg>bunzip2 (link to bzip2), bzcat (link to bzip2), bzcmp (link to
         bzdiff), bzdiff, bzegrep (link to bzgrep), bzfgrep (link to bzgrep),
         bzgrep, bzip2, bzip2recover, bzless (link to bzmore), and bzmore</seg>
-        <seg>libbz2.{a,so}</seg>
+        <seg>libbz2.so</seg>
         <seg>/usr/share/doc/bzip2-&bzip2-version;</seg>
       </seglistitem>
     </segmentedlist>

chapter08/e2fsprogs.xml

@@ -122,10 +122,9 @@ cd       build</userinput></screen>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>Make the installed static libraries writable so debugging symbols can
+    <para>Remove useless static libraries:</para>
-    be removed later:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="install">chmod -v u+w /usr/lib/{libcom_err,libe2p,libext2fs,libss}.a</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="install">rm -fv /usr/lib/{libcom_err,libe2p,libext2fs,libss}.a</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>This package installs a gzipped
     <filename class="extension">.info</filename> file but doesn't update the

chapter08/flex.xml

@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@
 
     <para>Prepare Flex for compilation:</para>
 
-<!-- <screen><userinput remap="configure">HELP2MAN=/tools/bin/true \ -->
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --docdir=/usr/share/doc/flex-&flex-version;</userinput></screen>
+            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/flex-&flex-version; \
+            --disable-static</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Compile the package:</para>
 

chapter08/libtool.xml

@@ -68,6 +68,13 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
 
+    <!-- dev: - -disable-static works but causes additional test failures
+              so we manually remove the static library -->
+
+    <para>Remove an useless static library:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="install">rm -fv /usr/lib/libltdl.a</userinput></screen>
+
   </sect2>
 
 

chapter08/ncurses.xml

@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Ncurses</title>
 
-    <para>Don't install a static library that is not handled by configure:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/LIBTOOL_INSTALL/d' c++/Makefile.in</userinput></screen>
-
     <para>Prepare Ncurses for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr           \
@@ -133,6 +129,10 @@ done</userinput></screen>
 echo "INPUT(-lncursesw)" &gt; /usr/lib/libcursesw.so
 ln -sfv libncurses.so      /usr/lib/libcurses.so</userinput></screen>
 
+    <para>Remove a static library that is not handled by configure:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="install">rm -fv /usr/lib/libncurses++w.a</userinput></screen>
+
     <para>If desired, install the Ncurses documentation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="install">mkdir -v       /usr/share/doc/ncurses-&ncurses-version;
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ cp -av lib/lib*.so.5* /usr/lib</userinput></screen>
            libformw.so, 
            libmenuw.so, 
            libncursesw.so,
-           libncurses++w.a,
            libpanelw.so, and their non-wide-character counterparts without "w"
               in the library names.</seg>
         <seg>

chapter08/revisedchroot.xml

@@ -36,19 +36,6 @@ chroot "$LFS" /usr/bin/env -i          \
   linkend="ch-tools-bindmount"/> and <xref
   linkend="ch-tools-kernfsmount"/>.</para>
 
-  <para>There were several static libraries that were not suppressed earlier
-  in the chapter in order to satisfy the regression tests in several packages. These 
-  libraries are from binutils, bzip2, e2fsprogs, flex, libtool, and zlib.  If desired,
-  remove them now:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>rm -f /usr/lib/lib{bfd,opcodes}.a
-rm -f /usr/lib/libctf{,-nobfd}.a
-rm -f /usr/lib/libbz2.a
-rm -f /usr/lib/lib{com_err,e2p,ext2fs,ss}.a
-rm -f /usr/lib/libltdl.a
-rm -f /usr/lib/libfl.a
-rm -f /usr/lib/libz.a</userinput></screen>
-
   <para>There are also several files installed in the /usr/lib and /usr/libexec
   directories with a file name extension of .la. These are "libtool archive"
   files. As already said, they are only useful when linking with static

chapter08/zlib.xml

@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@
 <screen><userinput remap="install">mv -v /usr/lib/libz.so.* /lib
 ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libz.so) /usr/lib/libz.so</userinput></screen>
 
+    <para>Remove an useless static library:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="install">rm -fv /usr/lib/libz.a</userinput></screen>
+
   </sect2>
 
   <sect2 id="contents-zlib" role="content">
@@ -74,7 +78,7 @@ ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libz.so) /usr/lib/libz.so</userinput></scr
       <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
 
       <seglistitem>
-        <seg>libz.{a,so}</seg>
+        <seg>libz.so</seg>
       </seglistitem>
     </segmentedlist>