On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:45 PM, Aryeh Gregor < [email protected] <simetrical%[email protected]>> wrote:
> Alternatively, is the libc ABI stable enough that we could dynamically > link libc, and statically link everything else? The other libraries > required are very small. I wouldn't count on this... at least we should provide a dyn-linked version for those wanting less storage/memory/whatever consumption. How do statically compiled programs for x86 platforms behave on x64, btw? And what about more "exotic" platforms like ARM (which can also be multi-endian, IXP4xx is an example) / SPARC (Toolserver!!!) or PowerPC? Are they actually supported by Lua? > > > BTW, what about Mac OS / FreeBSD hosts? > > Are there any shared webhosts you know of that run Mac or BSD? At > worst, they can fall into the same group as the no-exec() camp, able > to use Wikipedia content but not 100%. > The webhoster hosting our school's homepage does, for example... They host all schools in Munich, and I think they're a bit security-paranoid. We don't have any issues hosting a MediaWiki there, actually. (OK, we never imported WP content.) Marco -- VMSoft GbR Nabburger Str. 15 81737 München Geschäftsführer: Marco Schuster, Volker Hemmert http://vmsoft-gbr.de _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
