Statically linked binary & NSS

[Ulrich Drepper]

Roland McGrath <roland@frob.com> writes:

> Don't be silly.  Static linking has its uses, though not many of them, and
> people should be able to use it when they want to.  I certainly agree that
> it's not a priority for spending time on.

Tell me about one program beside fsck which has to be linked statically?

> What is common practice?  Failing to support static linking?  So is failing
> to give away the source code.

The reasons behind this are good: it allows to change the
implementation of the library and the OS.  This is very important for
applications which should continue to run in some years.

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