This patch changes metabat so that (1) it is not build statically, (2) it uses
shared libraries rather than static libraries where possible.

diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 69cdc0a..ac99bcb 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ debug = ARGUMENTS.get('DEBUG', None)
 build_flags = ['-Wall', '-g', '-std=c++11', '-fopenmp']
 link_flags = ['-lstdc++', '-lm', '-fopenmp']
 
-if platform.platform(True, True).find('Darwin') == -1:
-    link_flags.extend(['-static', '-static-libgcc', '-static-libstdc++'])
 
 if debug is None:
     build_flags.extend(['-O3', '-DNDEBUG', '-Wno-unknown-pragmas', '-Wno-deprecated-declarations', '-Wno-overflow', '-Wno-unused-variable'])
@@ -110,17 +108,17 @@ def findStaticOrShared( lib, testPaths, static_source_list, link_flag_list, stat
     for path in testPaths:
         if not os.path.isdir(path):
             continue
+        for testfile in ('%s/lib%s.so' % (path, lib), '%s/lib%s.dylib' % (path, lib)):
+            if os.path.isfile(testfile):
+                print "Found shared library %s as %s" % (lib, testfile)
+                link_flag_list.extend( ["-L%s" % (path), "-l%s" % (lib) ] )
+                return
         for suffix in staticSuffixes:
             testfile = '%s/lib%s%s' % (path, lib, suffix)
             if os.path.isfile(testfile):
                 static_source_list.append(testfile)
                 print "Found static library %s as %s" % (lib, testfile)
                 return
-        for testfile in ('%s/lib%s.so' % (path, lib), '%s/lib%s.dylib' % (path, lib)):
-            if os.path.isfile(testfile):
-                print "Found shared library %s as %s" % (lib, testfile)
-                link_flag_list.extend( ["-L%s" % (path), "-l%s" % (lib) ] )
-                return
     print "Could not find library for %s!!! Looked in %s" % (lib, testPaths)
     return
 
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<tr><td><span title='2023-12-10 21:46:52 +0100'>2023-12-10</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/gnu/build/icecat-extension.scm?id=1300c316e9ab27ce042d41b3ebd6fad7e3c26efb'>gnu: ‘make-icecat-extension’ inherits package location.</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>This is an improvement for the purposes of ‘guix edit’ &amp; co.

* gnu/build/icecat-extension.scm (make-icecat-extension): Add ‘location’
field.

Change-Id: I896ae6823b3fe4ea013fa74e2c536f45664d8042
</span></span></td><td>Ludovic Courtès</td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2023-10-23 11:19:02 +0200'>2023-10-23</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/gnu/build/icecat-extension.scm?id=25043e01b6cb6696ffdc6cdedd9cdf8235bb695c'>gnu: icecat: Support Guix packaged extensions and native manifests.</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>* gnu/build/icecat-extension.scm: New file with a MAKE-ICECAT-EXTENSION
procedure that makes sure the add-on directory is a symlink, so that Icecat
can normalize it into a package store path.
* gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Register it, as well as new patches.
* gnu/packages/browser-extensions.scm (ublock-origin)[properties]: Store the
add-on ID so that it is accessible in MAKE-ICECAT-EXTENSION.
[arguments]: Use the add-on ID as root directory.
(ublock-origin/icecat): New procedure.
* gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm (icecat-minimal)[arguments]: Rewrite the unused
'apply-guix-specific-patches' phase so that it applies the following two
patches.
[native-search-paths]: New field.
* gnu/packages/patches/icecat-compare-paths.patch: New patch that compares
add-on paths (which are package store paths) to detect package changes.
* gnu/packages/patches/icecat-use-system-wide-dir.patch: New patch that
replaces "/usr/lib/mozilla" (the system-wide directory for extensions and
native manifests) with "$ICECAT_SYSTEM_DIR".
</span></span></td><td>Clément Lassieur</td></tr>