On Friday 04 October 2002 04:14 pm, Ralf S. Engelschall wrote: Hi Ralf,
> But the static linking > in OpenPKG affects only libraries _WITHIN_ OpenPKG, i.e. packages like > zlib or libxml provide only static libs. But it does not mean that we > statically link executables as a whole. They are still build against the > dynamic system libraries, of course. Ok, I see now. (I also reread FAQ 13 http://www.openpkg.org/faq.html) Thanks for clarification. BTW: Do you consider libgdbm to be a system library or do you intend to provide a ligdbm package in the future? > > Is Linux different from other platforms in this respect? > > No, although I do not know exactly the point you wanted to address, > Linux is not different when it comes to shared libraries. Well, there are some issues with regards to libresolv and other things in glibc with regards to static linking. Yours, --martin -- -- Dipl.-Phys. Martin Konold e r f r a k o n Erlewein, Frank, Konold & Partner - Beratende Ingenieure und Physiker Germanenstrasse 15, 70563 Stuttgart, Germany email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ The OpenPKG Project www.openpkg.org Developer Communication List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
