On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 04:00:00AM +0100, Miriam Ruiz wrote: > > It's true that you usually should not have shared > > libraries in an > > application package, but that is not the meaning of > > this error. This error > > means that the file that you have placed in /usr/lib > > is *not a shared > > library*. If the file does not declare an SONAME, > > it's not a shared library > > and should not be placed in /usr/lib. > > > > But for that matter, if /usr/bin/maserver is the > > only thing that will ever > > use this library, it shouldn't be a shared library > > or plugin at all: it > > should be statically linked into your binary. > I've compiled it statically, with the following > results in the size of the plugins: > Files with dynamic linking: > 73312 decode.so > 20688 fileformats.so > 41916 fileinput.so > 147328 httpd.so > 56944 httpoutput.so > 44524 intpllist.so > 19476 mp3fileformat.so > 9280 mp3media.so > 19316 mp3packetizer.so > 14868 mp3rtpparser.so > 14824 mp3rtpproducer.so > 40308 rtpinput.so > 46160 rtpoutput.so > 45784 rtp.so > Files with static linking: > 371632 decode.so > 317476 fileformats.so > 336320 fileinput.so > 422144 httpd.so > 348688 httpoutput.so > 344640 intpllist.so > 315336 mp3fileformat.so > 16956 mp3media.so > 315288 mp3packetizer.so > 311664 mp3rtpparser.so > 312700 mp3rtpproducer.so > 356288 rtpinput.so > 354708 rtpoutput.so > 340896 rtp.so > The difference of size in the executable is 12.1 Kb vs > 276.5 Kb, but i think that's not very relevant. It > seems that dynamic linking would be a good idea in > this case even when the library is not used for > anything else. Ideas? But if the plugins are only loaded by maserver, you don't need to link the plugins against libmaserver *at all*, statically or dynamically. This was the point from my earlier message. If you statically link libmaserver into maserver, you get a minimal *reduction* in the total install size of the package, you get a minimal reduction in the startup time for the application, and you get policy compliance. Sounds like a winning strategy to me. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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