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Statically linking everything seems to complicate upgrades significantly. If libc is rev'd does that mean every binary on the system needs to be rev'd as well?
by 80x25 11y ago
Statically linking everything seems to complicate upgrades significantly. If libc is rev'd does that mean every binary on the system needs to be rev'd as well? Static linking is great for simplifying the deployment strategy but can degrade the user/administrator experience.
- sprash 11y agoThe upcoming http://sta.li http://sta.li distribution tries to solve this problem via git which apparently does reasonable efficient binary diffs out of the box.
- hardcoreluddite 11y agoA recent interview with Anselm R Garbe, the founder of suckless.org, on the FLOSS Weekly podcast. They discuss the suckless philosophy and stali linux. https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly/episodes/355?autostart=false https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly/episodes/355?autostart=fa...