From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HioVk-0004mO-53 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 01 May 2007 09:19:04 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l419I863029363; Tue, 1 May 2007 09:18:08 GMT Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.234]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l419GJbI027136 for ; Tue, 1 May 2007 09:16:19 GMT Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i30so3089918wxd for ; Tue, 01 May 2007 02:16:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=b/xkvLHvplN5zZME4vmIWCRN32QlSqc5pstCFYmW3M+86d5ifF5bDRWvinrdXkR7RJLSWTsZvaTY6TGkk1sHplPk4uoNUvci1EKCKdUshU5WfBYN8oeyzquoxHAfQUbnLbebuiZape2oHCU55iR/Xy4hMV1MVikjOjtKMw0DCKc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=smdxVXq0NBfzv8ZF4pLrXRaabWpljbBvwTFvMQXF9BPaPtFjvDGN3z0FxC7NtNxLls+MdM4RWSdBL00fuTaP5fwQVG0ZsBsEXtb5DFGA5EJj9B6DzZW1Pfui8mC0QkwvDrqco13YkNKZo+kC+JNHAklwlT7Uanc+xkJ9DZVMEmc= Received: by 10.70.31.6 with SMTP id e6mr12438401wxe.1178010979075; Tue, 01 May 2007 02:16:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.117.10 with HTTP; Tue, 1 May 2007 02:16:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 11:16:18 +0200 From: "Radoslaw Stachowiak" Sender: rstachowiak@gmail.com To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] gentoo: static/dynamic linking libraries In-Reply-To: <1177987747.3440.16.camel@tuxhugs> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200704291032.06932.mereandor@gmail.com> <9fce88250704290154j744ae4a8v19ce701e87be0f9d@mail.gmail.com> <20070429113659.24f0af00@snowflake> <4635132C.90009@gentoo.org> <1177987747.3440.16.camel@tuxhugs> X-Google-Sender-Auth: adf1546213ae6203 X-Archives-Salt: a544277e-75fc-4f30-9f59-ea523518a11a X-Archives-Hash: 8707bf7c0c7d7b7d0f31f9998d6989bc On 01/05/07, Peter Gordon 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. -- radoslaw. -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list