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From: "Radoslaw Stachowiak" <radek@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] gentoo: static/dynamic linking libraries
Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 11:16:18 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d25519e90705010216h10891317rcec510dd10a0f2e6@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1177987747.3440.16.camel@tuxhugs>

On 01/05/07, Peter Gordon <codergeek42@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > Does anyone care about static libs except for maybe really really low
> > level stuff?
> They are useful for rescue operations and whatnot, when a LiveCD or
> similar is not handy; or perhaps when the computer cannot boot from an
> alternative medium. That's the only major benefit I see of them.

They are also very often used in chrooted environments.

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2007-05-01  9:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-04-29  8:32 [gentoo-dev] gentoo: static/dynamic linking libraries Roman Zimmermann
2007-04-29  8:54 ` Jakub Moc
2007-04-29 10:36   ` Ciaran McCreesh
2007-04-29 16:43     ` Roman Zimmermann
2007-04-29 17:50       ` Marius Mauch
2007-04-29 17:56         ` Ciaran McCreesh
2007-04-29 18:21         ` Roman Zimmermann
2007-04-29 18:46       ` paul kölle
2007-04-29 19:04         ` Roman Zimmermann
2007-04-29 19:31           ` Marius Mauch
2007-04-29 19:36             ` Ciaran McCreesh
2007-04-29 20:05               ` Olivier Crête
2007-04-29 21:50     ` Rémi Cardona
2007-04-29 21:56       ` Donnie Berkholz
2007-04-29 22:11         ` Ciaran McCreesh
2007-04-30  3:07           ` Roman Zimmermann
2007-04-30  3:35             ` Marius Mauch
2007-04-30  7:28               ` Roman Zimmermann
2007-04-30  8:49                 ` [gentoo-dev] " Duncan
2007-04-30 19:00             ` [gentoo-dev] " Kevin F. Quinn
2007-05-01  7:28               ` Roman Zimmermann
2007-05-01  2:49       ` Peter Gordon
2007-05-01  5:16         ` Donnie Berkholz
2007-05-01  9:16         ` Radoslaw Stachowiak [this message]

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