Static linking considered harmful

[Andy Green]

Patrice Dumas wrote:

> I don't care at all about system share libraries, this is not a shared 
> executable, so no trouble with new system shared libraries. And once more
> for numerical models iconv, locales, and nss are not really usefull.

You could alter your build methodology so that each of the target 
boxes,eg, rebuilds an SRPM with the local library environment?  You need 
the compiler and -devel bits and bobs then on the boxes.

Or, leaving the .a files in the packages can be a policy controlled by a 
macro on the build box?  Then you can rebuild the -devel packages for 
your build box with the .a files still in how you like and go on as you are.

-Andy