On 9/20/05, Robert Connolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess it wasn't documented outside of this mailing list. Removing static > libraries forces all applications to use shared libraries to take full > advantage of the PaX kernel. It also makes application upgrades safer, since > packages can't link to old versions of static libs. A few programs, like > insmod, link to static libraries by default, which may mean that insmod > remains vulnerable even after zlib is upgraded. These two reasons are the > basis of why static libraries are removed. >
Thanks Robert. I was not aware of PaX. Perhaps it should be noted in the book? -- Tushar Teredesai mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~tushar/ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/hlfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
