> On Wed, 2002-05-29 at 00:55, Borsenkow Andrej wrote: > > > So this means that they'll have to always have the -static-devel and > > > -devel installed to be able to build stuff? > > > > > > > Unless something very smart is done ... the decision to use static or > > dynamic part happens at runtime when you _use_ these development > > libraries. You must have both available. Or you build them as dynamic or > > static only. > > Huh?! The decision on which libs a binary uses is entirely determined > at compile time... The only time you need the static libs installed is > at compile time (and only if you are statically linking). No > precompiled binary that is linked to static libs requires the static > libs to be present to run. > > Or did I totally miss what you were saying. >
I meant "compile time", sorry. "Run time" == "when you compile another application using these libraries" -andrej
