pkg-config: needs pthread as private library libtirpc needs pthreads. This is automatically pulled in when linking with the shared library, thanks to the DT_NEEDED ELF tags. But for a static library, there is no such mechanism to identify required libraries. Thus, add -pthread to the private libraries in the pkg-config file. Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" --- Patch sent upstream: http://sourceforge.net/p/libtirpc/mailman/message/33072076/ diff -durN libtirpc-0.2.4.orig/libtirpc.pc.in libtirpc-0.2.4/libtirpc.pc.in --- libtirpc-0.2.4.orig/libtirpc.pc.in 2013-12-09 21:59:51.000000000 +0100 +++ libtirpc-0.2.4/libtirpc.pc.in 2014-11-23 14:02:58.677760108 +0100 @@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ Requires: Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@ Libs: -L@libdir@ -ltirpc +Libs.private: -pthread Cflags: -I@includedir@/tirpc