Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com> writes:

>>> --- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
>>> +++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
>>> @@ -1089,19 +1089,40 @@ providing the system administrator with some help in common tasks.")
>>>                      (("build_kill=yes") "build_kill=no"))
>>>                    #t))))
>>>      (build-system gnu-build-system)
>>> -    (outputs '("out"
>>> -               "static"))      ; >2 MiB of static .a libraries
>>> +    (outputs '("out"                   ;6.4 MiB executables and documentation
>>> +               "dev"                   ;8.8 MiB shared libraries, headers and locales
>>> +               "static"))              ;2.9 MiB static .a libraries
>>
>> Shared libraries are not just for development, so I’d say it should be
>> “lib” instead, no?
>
> Agreed.  Will adjust this patch accordingly once I get around to start
> working on 'core-updates'.  :-)

I opted for a more conventional "lib" output and pushed the patch to the
'core-updates' branch in bb93042c8beb881ab907fa802eefb3c4091039a2.