The links make it clear why its a bad idea. Thanks Gerald
On Fri, 2026-07-10 at 13:27 +0000, JFD Systems - jfd-systems at proton.me wrote: > Oops, forgot to include the list... > > -------- Original Message -------- > On Friday, 07/10/26 at 15:17 JFD Systems <[email protected]> > wrote: > Hi, > > The best solutions I know concerning that issue with glibc is either > code your application on debian, which rarely use the latest versions > of packages (focus on stability), or install multiple versions of > glibc and choose in your application/makefile. That second solution > implies that your users would have to do the same if the version of > their distro is lower than yours. > https://www.tecmint.com/install-multiple-glibc-libraries-linux/ > > Of course you can statically link a lib, but that can be tricky... > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57476533/why-is-statically-linking-glibc-discouraged > > Maybe other devs have better solutions I'd love to know ^^ > > Bests, > Julien D. > > > Sent from Proton Mail for Android. > > -------- Original Message -------- > On Friday, 07/10/26 at 14:53 > [email protected] wrote: > Hi, > I have some users reporting that in trying to install the ubuntu > versions of guitarmidi-lv2 on linux mint and other derivative distros > they are having issues with the wrong glibc version. > > Is it possible to statically link in glibc? Is it recommended or not? > > Thanks
