On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 11:12:33PM +0000, retard wrote: > If they all used static linking, I'm afraid I would have to > buy another 32 GB ssd disk only for the binaries.
Yes, for large numbers of application, shared libraries save a lot of space. Though, what I was saying is if you have only one application using the library, static linking actually saves space. A shared lib needs to keep functions around just in case - a static link doesn't. I'm generally for static linking anything that isn't part of the base OS install, just to ease the process for end users. I'd ideally like to see a statically linked application that is also small - improvements to the compiler and linker still have some potential here. -- Adam D. Ruppe http://arsdnet.net
