On 10/28/2010 06:29, Carlo Wood wrote:
<snip>libmedia_plugin_webkit.{sp,dll,dylib}<snip>Make sure you quote examples of static linking when you're talking about static linking :) Dynamically loaded libraries (that is, after all, what "dll" is an abbreviation for) are by definition not statically linked. if they were statically linked you wouldnt need the .dll, the .so or the .dylib file because the object code would have been incorporated into the binary at link time. Statically linked progs dont require external library files, dynamically linked ones do. Thats the reason that on Solaris systems roots default shell is /sbin/sh rather than /bin/sh - its statically linked so that even if the lib loader is hosed the sysadmin can still get to a working shell to fix it. (historically, statically linked progs went in /sbin not /bin - not always a convention honored these days since so few progs are ever completely statically linked any more but in this case it was) Now get off my lawn ;) Dave _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
