>How does one shield oneself from this, i.e., how does one ensure that the binary compiled (say) three years (or months) ago continues to work reasonably? Stat

>How does one shield oneself from this, i.e., how does one ensure that the binary compiled (say) three years (or months) ago continues to work reasonably? Static linking should save you from from this hell. I don't know if gtk even supports it, I know glibc does not, whitch is a shame.