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static binaries will never stop working i was pointing out that you and OP are conflating a particular dev environment with the stability of linux itself. gui/

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• ajuc 1y ago
  > static binaries will never stop working Yeah, if you compile all the dependencies and dependencies of dependencies and so on statically. Which is a fun experience I've tried several times (have fun trying to statically compile gfx drivers or crypto libraries for example), wasted a few evenings, and then had to repeat anyway because the as-static-as-possible binaries do stop working sometimes. There's a reason linux distributions invented package managers. > i was pointing out that you and OP are conflating a particular dev environment with the stability of linux itself. We're talking software rot, not uptime? It's exactly about software stopping working on newer systems.