Static linking considered harmful

Ulrich Drepper drepper at redhat.com
Fri Nov 24 23:21:05 UTC 2006


Chris Adams wrote:
> The LGPL doesn't talk about different versions; it only requires
> relinking with modified copies of the same version that maintain
> interface compatibility.

That's your interpretation and it makes no sense.  Relinking with the 
same version means no change at all.  Change always has to be taken into 
account and then the internal ABI might change.

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