Hi all, I want to get everyone's input on the topic of Static vs. Dynamic linking of packages.
One of the problems I run in to at the moment on my mail server is that I manually compile Postfix to take out MySQL and LDAP support etc. The problem arises when the 'db' package is updated, which Postfix is dynamically linked against. The db package gets upgraded, then I have to go through the whole process of recompiling Postfix to link against the new version. Given that we're aiming for stability in our package sets, should we consider static linking of packages? Pros - Packages don't need to be recompiled to link against upgrades in other packages. - Packages are more self-contained and less reliant on external packages. Cons - Larger packages, in terms of byte size. Larger on-disk requirements (Is this really an issue with the size of disks and price of GB these days?) - Packages don't get benefits of security or performance etc updates in packages it relies on until the package is rebuilt. What is everyone's thoughts on this? Cheers, ~p
