Hi Jerome, the most common reason to build statically linked programs is to get distributable binaries that run on many different systems (which the developers of Singular offer on their homepage). If this is the reason why static build is default can only be answered by the Singular developers. For Debian the program should be dynamically linked.
Best, Tobias Am 02.01.2015 um 19:20 schrieb Jerome BENOIT: > Hello Forum, > > I am currently packaging Singular (the real target being Sage); I am > finalizing. > Note that I am not familiar with this particular CAS. > > I have just realised that the Singular CLI is built static (by default): > I am very surprised because I expected a (regular) dynamic built. > > Does anyone know the reasons for building a static version rather than a > dynamic > version of the Singular CLI ? > May Debian provide both ? > > Thanks in advance. > > Cheers, > Jerome > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
