Generate "libperl.a" In Addition To "libperl.so"

Howdy @zakame & Perl Docker Team!

If I put this in a new Dockerfile:

FROM perl:stable-slim-bookworm
RUN find / -name libperl.*

Then it will give this output:

RUN find / -name libperl.*
/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.42.0/x86_64-linux-gnu/CORE/libperl.so
DONE 1.8s

However, the (incompatible) operating system package provides two files:

/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libperl.a
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libperl.so

https://packages.ubuntu.com/plucky/amd64/libperl-dev/filelist

Believe it or not, some of us actually use the libperl.a file. :-)

However, it is incorrect to try and load apt-get install libperl-dev, because that would be mixing two different Perl builds together and can cause all kinds of crazy ABI incompatibilities etc.

So, can we please simply configure the Docker Perl build process to generate the libperl.a file along with the already-existing libperl.so file?

Thanks in advance!

Start by locating the repository's Dockerfile or build entry point for the stable slim Bookworm image, then inspect how libperl.so is produced. Rebuild the image and run the reported find / -name libperl.* check. Done means the image contains both libperl.a and libperl.so from the same Perl build, without installing libperl-dev.