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[Sebastien Bacher <2110074@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you for your bug report. The change came through upstream/Debian during the transition to meson as build system
https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/cairo/-/commit/1a9ed7e2

To build the static library is would need to use --default-
library=static , that would be a request for Debian though since we sync
the package from them and aren't going to add a delta to re-enable
static build only in Ubuntu

** Changed in: cairo (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: cairo (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Opinion

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Title:
  libcairo.a is no longer packaged

Status in cairo package in Ubuntu:
  Opinion

Bug description:
  In Ubuntu 22.04, a libcairo.a static library was available, in the
  libcairo2-dev package.

  In Ubuntu 24.04 and later, the libcairo.a static library is no longer
  available in any package. There is no entry mentioning this in the
  Ubuntu changelog for the source package at
  https://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/c/cairo/cairo_1.18.0-3build1/changelog
  (though there is an entry for "Build with meson" that might account
  for the file having gone missing).

  The absence of this file prevents building statically linked
  applications that depend on libcairo, when developing software on
  Ubuntu.

  The missing file should be restored and a new version of the package
  should be published for 24.04, since in the absence of a changelog
  entry it seems likely that the file was not removed on purpose.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
  Package: libcairo2-dev 1.18.0-3build1
  Uname: Linux 5.15.49-linuxkit aarch64
  ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.5
  Architecture: arm64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CloudBuildName: ubuntu-oci:minimized
  CloudSerial: 20240429
  Date: Tue May  6 17:27:17 2025
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   TERM=xterm
  SourcePackage: cairo
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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