Static linking considered harmful

[Axel Thimm]

On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 12:50:15PM +0100, Patrice Dumas wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 10:53:58AM +0000, Andy Green wrote:
> > Patrice Dumas wrote:
> > 
> > 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.
> 
> I am not necessarilly root on all the boxes, some may not be rpm based.
> The compilation may be time consuming too.
> 
> > 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.
> 
> Of course, but this decreases a lot the usefullness of fedora for me. Maybe
> I am the only one to have these needs, but I hope not, it would be a bit
> sad for fedora.

No, not at all. All the scientific community is affected, it's only
that there are just too few of them lurking around here. The typical
situation in natural sciences is that there are more Linux versions
around than there are employees, and sometimes statically linking is
the only way to distribute your code to the number cruncers.

FWIW there are now two of us here :)
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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