Dnf package support: protobuf static library

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I would like to have the option to install static libraries for Protobuf via dnf.

$ dnf search 'protobuf' | grep -i 'static'
mingw32-protobuf-static.noarch : Static version of the MinGW Windows protobuf library
mingw64-protobuf-static.noarch : Static version of the MinGW Windows protobuf library

These appear to be for cross compiling to windows. I dont want to cross compile, I just want them linked statically. Does this mean I would need to build from source to do that?

Tangential rant below:

It’s not ideal. My motivation is I’m using a container to develop my applications, and thus if I want to run them outside my container I either need to install shared objects on my host, or link statically.

For now I do not wish to install all of my container’s dependencies in my host, as there is a good reason to keep them inside the container and not bloat up my host during development and experimentation.

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The mingw* libraries are indeed for cross compiling for windows. As far as I can see there are no packges which would provide the static library for protobuf, so you may need to build from source.

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Thanks for confirming.