Nicolas Williams writes: > On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 02:59:57PM -0500, James Carlson wrote: > > We had this discussion back with PSARC 2002/117 and the elimination of > > static libraries from Solaris. > > > > I don't believe we should bring them back. Dynamic libraries > > (including libc itself) are a part of the system, no more or less > > significant than genunix itself. The removal or destruction of them > > is no more or less "risky" than damaging any of a hundred other parts > > of the system that are crucial for normal operation. > > > > No more static libraries. It's not just a Big Rule; it's a good idea. > > Nit: This is not a static library.
It sure looks like it's being used that way to me -- this is cherry-picking a '.o' file out of some other area of the system, right? -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
