Thayne pontificated...
>
> Exactly. I don't think binaries should be rolled unless the are built
> on a pristine distribution. This might limit the user base until
> distributions pick things up, but I think there are too many problems
> with library mismatches. Then again:
>
> [tharbaug@phantasm SPECS]$ ldd /usr/lib/libgg.so.0.0.7
> /usr/lib/libgii.so.0.0.8 /usr/lib/libggi.so.2.0.0
> /usr/lib/libgg.so.0.0.7:
> libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x4001e000)
> libc.so.6 => /lib/i686/libc.so.6 (0x40022000)
> /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x80000000)
> /usr/lib/libgii.so.0.0.8:
> libgg.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgg.so.0 (0x4001e000)
> libc.so.6 => /lib/i686/libc.so.6 (0x40025000)
> libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x40156000)
> /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x80000000)
> /usr/lib/libggi.so.2.0.0:
> libgii.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgii.so.0 (0x40023000)
> libgg.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgg.so.0 (0x4002a000)
> libc.so.6 => /lib/i686/libc.so.6 (0x40031000)
> libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x40162000)
> /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x80000000)
>
> That's a very small dependency list - effectively libdl and libc. It
> might be feasible to do some binaries.
You are right about that.
(Might be able to set a machine up to build
specific binary targets without too much trouble.)
Curtis
