Am 23.11.2011 20:48, schrieb Mark Knecht: > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Paul Hartman > <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Pandu Poluan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I'm just wondering, what are the benefits & drawbacks of turning on >>> "static" USE flag for sys-boot/grub? >> >> I seem to remember it has something to do with whether you're using >> 32bit vs 64bit, but I can't be certain. > > Fundamentally doesn't it build in any libraries, etc.? I don't know really. > > I actually use the grub-static package on my systems vs grub and > messing with USE flags. I think it was Duncan on the amd64 list that > recommended that years ago but I haven't a clue as to what the reason > was. > > - Mark >
You are referring to this: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg12619.html Also be sure not to confuse sys-boot/grub with USE="static" and sys-boot/grub-static. grub-static is required for AMD64 with a no-multilib profile (because grub is always 32bit and you cannot build grub on such a system). If you have a multilib profile, you can use sys-boot/grub with USE="-static" just like me: ldd /sbin/grub linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000) libncurses.so.5 => /lib32/libncurses.so.5 (0xf76bf000) libc.so.6 => /lib32/libc.so.6 (0xf7535000) libdl.so.2 => /lib32/libdl.so.2 (0xf7531000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf7733000) As with all USE="static" flags, there is no real need for a normal system unless it helps to avoid a /usr/lib dependency for a /bin or /sbin binary which is not the case here. It also doesn't affect the boot loader, only its installer. Regards, Florian Philipp
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