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On 03/18/04 Calum wrote: |
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> Why is emerge dynamically linked to the ssl libs anyway? Why does it |
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> need ssl libs anyway? Why isn't the static use flag hardcoded into the |
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> portage ebuild? |
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emerge isn't "linked" to anything in any way. It's a python script, no |
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compiled binary, so there is no static vs. dynamic linking. |
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> I've often wondered with Gentoo how you would recover if you mashed up |
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> your glibc, gcc, or similar. With a package based distro, you could |
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> just mount and install the same package again, but it's a little more |
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> tricky in Gentoo. |
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Same with Gentoo, that's why we have the .tbz2 packages on GRP CD's and |
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on http://dev.gentoo.org/~avenj/bins/ and you can also build your own |
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with `emerge -b` (or FEATURES=buildpkg in make.conf). |
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Marius |
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Public Key at http://www.genone.de/info/gpg-key.pub |
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In the beginning, there was nothing. And God said, 'Let there be |
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Light.' And there was still nothing, but you could see a bit better. |
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