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On Sonntag 14 Februar 2010, Enrico Weigelt wrote: |
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> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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> > no, but with static exes you have to recompile everything |
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> > everytime a security bug is found. |
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> That's the job of the distro buildsystem. Ah, and that dramatically |
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> minimizes the chance that things break apart (i still remember |
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> the old times when libc updates tended to be dangerous). |
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and even better - just introduce a single patch/updated package and everything |
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is fine. What you are describing is maybe nice with gentoo. But a nightmare if |
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you want something stable. Recompiling everything is not an option. |
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Why do you think the whole industry went away from static - except for tiny |
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embedded devices? |
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> > Oh - and didn't you just complain about bloat? Nothing means |
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> > more bloat than static binaries. |
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> As already said, all this under the axiom that libs are *small* |
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> and complex/redundant things are done by separate services. |
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> Perhaps you might have a look at Plan9 and how its done there. |
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no, under the axiom of sharable code. The size of a lib is not really |
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important - except if you use everything. But if you compile in everything the |
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lib does on a static basis, all your binaries are huge and bloated. |
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