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='2021-11-17 23:43:14 +0100'>2021-11-17</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/tests/egg.scm?id=3a317f7476f8c6012e166ff9f340f861938721c9'>Merge branch 'master' into core-updates-frozen</a></td><td>Ludovic Courtès</td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2021-11-14 00:10:58 +0100'>2021-11-14</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/tests/egg.scm?id=114005bea61efcd5f7d768e2d6503e873f654c16'>tests: Adjust tests/egg.scm to latest API changes.</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>This is a followup to b999c80c2e71bd4b3f26a18a321b7e7e7b580103.

* tests/egg.scm (eval-test-with-egg-file): Pass 'version' argument to
'egg-&gt;guix-package'.
</span></span></td><td>Ludovic Courtès</td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2021-07-20 23:43:29 +0200'>2021-07-20</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/tests/egg.scm?id=5b6285518be6e4f588f688dadf70eacf4614b797'>import: egg: Emit new-style package inputs.</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>* guix/import/egg.scm (egg-&gt;guix-package): Generate dependency list from
a list of symbols.
[egg-parse-dependency]: Return a list of symbols.
[maybe-inputs]: Wrap INPUTS in 'list' instead of 'quasiquote'.
* tests/egg.scm (match-chicken-foo): Adjust accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès &lt;ludo@gnu.org&gt;
</span></span></td><td>Sarah Morgensen</td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2021-06-03 13:05:18 +0200'>2021-06-03</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/tests/egg.scm?id=bdc298ecee15283451d3aa20a849dd7bb22c8538'>import: Add CHICKEN egg importer.</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>* guix/import/egg.scm: New file.
* guix/scripts/import/egg.scm: New file.
* tests/egg.scm: New file.
* Makefile.am (MODULES, SCM_TESTS): Register them.
* po/guix/POTFILES.in: Likewise.
* guix/scripts/import.scm (importers): Add egg importer.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import, Invoking guix refresh): Document it.

Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès &lt;ludo@gnu.org&gt;
</span></span></td><td>Xinglu Chen</td></tr>