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Re: [opensuse] Why was libbz2.a removed?
- From: Cristian Rodríguez <crrodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:18 -0300
- Message-id: <4B06D662.3040300@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
On 16/11/09 17:30, Brian K. White wrote:
Let's rephrase it as:
You need shared libraries for any non-trivial program anyway, so the
whole argument of static linking for "convenience" goes down the hill.
I did the vast mayority of this static library cleanup and only found a
few valid use cases, and looots of bugs..however Im open to hear about
other valid uses that are not sustained by this silly "convenience"
argument.
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It's no ones place to tell anyone else "You don't need static libraries."
Let's rephrase it as:
You need shared libraries for any non-trivial program anyway, so the
whole argument of static linking for "convenience" goes down the hill.
I did the vast mayority of this static library cleanup and only found a
few valid use cases, and looots of bugs..however Im open to hear about
other valid uses that are not sustained by this silly "convenience"
argument.
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