Static linking considered harmful

[Alan Cox]

On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 11:32:09PM -0800, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> Why?  This makes no sense.  You have to provide arguments for each .a 
> file.  As I said, you cannot even build a graphical application without 

Why do you have to provide arguments for each .a file ?

> libdl.  And all server apps are security relevant and should never use 
> static linking for anything which doesn't come with the package.

And if the user happens to disagree with you... ?