add comment to clarify why static libraries provided by dependencies …

…are being copied in vg easyconfig
PetrKralCZ · Oct 17, 2023 · 94b958c · 94b958c
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diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/v/vg/vg-1.50.1-foss-2022a.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/v/vg/vg-1.50.1-foss-2022a.eb
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 prebuildopts = 'mkdir lib && '
+# copy static libraries provided by dependencies to lib/, to avoid that they get built;
+# note that symlinking does not work, because 'make' then may ignore the static libraries
+# being found based on timestamps of sources vs those static libraries,
+# and try to overwrite a static library of a dependency!
 prebuildopts += 'cp $EBROOTVCFLIB/lib/libvcflib.a lib/ && '
 prebuildopts += 'cp $EBROOTHTSLIB/lib/libhts.a lib/ && '
 prebuildopts += 'cp $EBROOTTABIXPP/lib/libtabixpp.a lib/ && '