Add staticlibs option in PKGBUILD

This option helps to removes static library files in packages.

Related to the thread:
https://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev-public/2013-March/024552.html

Signed-off-by: Sébastien Luttringer <seblu@seblu.net>
Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
index c37477ac..ea280a0e 100644
--- a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
+++ b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
@@ -243,6 +243,10 @@ A normal sync or upgrade will not use its value.
 		Leave libtool (.la) files in packages. Specify `!libtool` to
 		remove them.
 
+	*staticlibs*;;
+		Leave static library (.a) files in packages. Specify `!staticlibs` to
+		remove them.
+
 	*emptydirs*;;
 		Leave empty directories in packages.
 
diff --git a/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt b/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt
index 71cfc5d8..0d1cf00c 100644
--- a/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt
+++ b/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Options
 	Specify a key to use for gpg signing instead of the default key in the
 	keyring. Can be overridden with makepkg's '\--key' option.
 
-**OPTIONS=(**strip docs libtool emptydirs zipman purge !upx**)**::
+**OPTIONS=(**strip docs libtool staticlibs emptydirs zipman purge !upx**)**::
 	This array contains options that affect the default packaging. They are
 	equivalent to options that can be placed in the PKGBUILD; the defaults are
 	shown here. All options should always be left in the array; to enable or
@@ -160,6 +160,10 @@ Options
 		Leave libtool (.la) files in packages. Specify `!libtool` to remove
 		them.
 
+	*staticlibs*;;
+		Leave static library (.a) files in packages. Specify `!staticlibs` to
+		remove them.
+
 	*emptydirs*;;
 		Leave empty directories in packages.