Theodore Tso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 02:03:48AM +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > Right now, when I am forced to make binary only versions of programs > > like e.g. the the Plextor firmware upgrade program, I can only do it > > for libc.so.5 and for glibc-2.2. Anything in between gives problems. > > Why don't you just link your binary-only program statically? If you > do that, then it is entirely irrelevant which libc is installed on the > system, and core kernel backwards compatibility has been quite good, > actually.
If he wants to link to any LGPLed library like glibc he would need to ship object files in this case, allowing a relink. Otherwise it would violate the LGPL. Also glibc needs to be rebuilt to be able to link completely statically; by default it always loads the name service modules dynamically. -Andi
