Static linking considered harmful

David Zeuthen david at fubar.dk
Wed Nov 22 19:14:27 UTC 2006


On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 19:16 +0100, Patrice Dumas wrote:
>  Removing statically binaries makes 
> sense, just as having dynamic libraries for each packages, but it is
> a very different issue, still in that case it makes sense to ship static
> libraries for those who want to build statically programs which are not 
> meant to be shipped in fedora.

Certainly, we shouldn't remove that freedom - I just don't want to see
statically linked binaries in a default install.

     David





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