Daniel Kobras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 08:09:32AM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote: >> Which doesn't, in any way, promote the idea that we should keep the .la >> files. People who need/want a statically linked binary often want to >> control exactly *which* libraries are statically linked, and will build >> the link command by hand.
> This is probably true when performance tuning. However, when I prepare a > binary to submit to a supercomputer, or an executable for a CD (that > should Just Work when I pull it out after two years), I usually just > plonk in a '-static' and be done with it. I'd hate to see this > functionality go. [...] It is already gone. If the binary uses NSS you have a good chance that it won't work with a different glibc. Just check http://bugs.debian.org/libc6 foor examples. cu andreas