On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 12:24:10PM +0200, Dekel Tsur wrote: > On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 04:50:05AM -0500, Zvezdan Petkovic wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 11:24:17AM +0200, Dekel Tsur wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 03:53:44PM -0800, Kayvan A. Sylvan wrote: > > > > It may be a good idea to set up a matrix of libc-versus-xforms versions > > > > for this so that our users can choose the one most likely to work on > > > > their system. > > > > > > How about supplying a statically linked binary ? > > > > IMO it beats the purpose of RPM. One can run > > > > rpm --rebuild lyx-1.1.6fix4-1.src.rpm > > > > if binary is not all right for their platform. > > What I meant is putting a statically linked binary in a .tar.gz. > It has the advantage of working in ANY linux distribution.
I see your point. People who want to use it could do that. Probably quite fine for home use. Statically linked binaries have many disadvantages for big networked installations though. For example, a recent bug/security bunch of fixes for glibc in RH7.2/7.1 would have no benefit on a statically linked binary (not to mention a security vulnerability lurking somewhere in it). I'd rather recompile. -- Zvezdan Petkovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.cs.wm.edu/~zvezdan/
