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I don't think there s a static linking going on there, else it would be impossible to use Electron for closed source software. Though it is used for things like

• jcelerier 5y ago
  > I don't think there s a static linking going on there, else it would be impossible to use Electron for closed source software. no, the closed source part can stay closed source but relinking against a custom version of Blink must be allowed. Just run "strings" on the code binary: you'll see symbols coming straight from Blink like this one: https://github.com/chromium/chromium/blob/72ceeed2ebcd505b8d8205ed7354e862b871995e/third_party/blink/renderer/core/html/forms/html_form_controls_collection.cc https://github.com/chromium/chromium/blob/72ceeed2ebcd505b8d... $ strings code-insiders | grep HTMLFormControls HTMLFormControlsCollection
  • nitrogen 5y ago
    Are those symbols defined in that file, or is that an import reference from a library? What does (your platform's equivalent of) nm or ldd say?
    • jcelerier 5y ago
      it only links against basic Linux / X11 / GTK stuff (and, I mean, at 123 megabytes, there's not much doubt that there's chromium inside that binary) $ objdump -p /opt/visual-studio-code-insiders/code-insiders | grep NEEDED NEEDED libffmpeg.so NEEDED libdl.so.2 NEEDED libpthread.so.0 NEEDED librt.so.1 NEEDED libgobject-2.0.so.0 NEEDED libglib-2.0.so.0 NEEDED libxshmfence.so.1 NEEDED libgio-2.0.so.0 NEEDED libnss3.so NEEDED libnssutil3.so NEEDED libsmime3.so NEEDED libnspr4.so NEEDED libatk-1.0.so.0 NEEDED libatk-bridge-2.0.so.0 NEEDED libdbus-1.so.3 NEEDED libdrm.so.2 NEEDED libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 NEEDED libgtk-3.so.0 NEEDED libgdk-3.so.0 NEEDED libpango-1.0.so.0 NEEDED libcairo.so.2 NEEDED libm.so.6 NEEDED libX11.so.6 NEEDED libXcomposite.so.1 NEEDED libXdamage.so.1 NEEDED libXext.so.6 NEEDED libXfixes.so.3 NEEDED libXrandr.so.2 NEEDED libexpat.so.1 NEEDED libxcb.so.1 NEEDED libxkbcommon.so.0 NEEDED libgbm.so.1 NEEDED libasound.so.2 NEEDED libatspi.so.0 NEEDED libgcc_s.so.1 NEEDED libc.so.6 NEEDED ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
      • nitrogen 5y ago
        Interesting, thanks for checking.