Re: Policy re. static linking of binaries ? (SSH)

[joost@rulcmc.leidenuniv.nl (joost witteveen)]

> From: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
> > SSH is currently dynamically linked against libc5, gmp, and zlib1.
> > 
> > IMHO it should be statically linked, since it is a security program
> 
> Sorry, no static-linked programs other than "ldconfig" and "sync"
> on Debian, please. 

Could we have /lib/ld* linked statically too, please :)? 

(To prevent chicken-and-egg problems).


/lib $ ldd `find . -name "ld*" -type f`
./ld.so:
        statically linked (ELF)
./ld-2.0.4.so:
        statically linked
./ld-linux.so.1.9.2:
        statically linked

(as on any debian system).

-- 
joost witteveen, joostje@debian.org
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