> Yes, I'd suggest it is set on all GNU/Linux builds. IcedTea sets it, > so most GNU/Linux distro packages are going to be built with it set, > as they use that, AFAIK. > > As I say, I'd go even further and have it as the default for OpenJDK. > It's what I believe most developers would expect the behaviour to be. > Having it linked statically makes sense for Oracle distributing a binary blob > they want to work anywhere, but not for distro packages or something > you've built yourself. If there is a security issue with libstdc++, > a static build means OpenJDK needs to be rebuilt as well. If it's > linked dynamically, it doesn't.
Good, I will update my OpenJDK build factory to set dynamic linking for Linux right now. Thanks Andrew
