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Re: core recovery tools, apt-get, and dpkg should be static



On Mon, Aug 16, 1999 at 02:24:20PM -0700, Carl R. Witty wrote:
> If the standard system binaries are statically linked, then you can't
> use fakeroot to build packages any more.

Only if there are no dynamically linked versions of the important
utilities available.  Worst case, fakeroot could provide appropriate
binaries for everything that's statically linked.

[There are a variety of other options available -- including silly kernel
mods and compiling with some kind of explicit fakeroot support.]

-- 
Raul


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