On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 12:41:43AM +0200, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 12:24:40AM +0200, Guus Sliepen wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 05:47:16PM -0400, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > > > > Once libposix reaches maturity, I will certainly consider linking > > > > applications I wrote myself against libposix. Applications linked against > > > > it will probably use less memory > > > > > > Why would they use less memory? > > > > Since they don't link against a large library. > > Which is a ridiculous argument given what the S in .so means. As soon as > at least one always running program on your system uses glibc, you want > to only use glibc if you want to save memory. It's simple as that. PS: I read the full mail, and the postulate that all Debian can link against libposix is wrong to begin with, because too many GNU stuff heavily relies on GNU extensions to the libc. That's exactly why kFreeBSD uses a GNU libc instead of the BSD one.... -- Intersec <http://www.intersec.com> Pierre Habouzit <pierre.habouzit@intersec.com> Tél : +33 (0)1 5570 3346 Mob : +33 (0)6 1636 8131 Fax : +33 (0)1 5570 3332 37 Rue Pierre Lhomme 92400 Courbevoie
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