Quoting Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <tshepang@gmail.com>:
Hello, Is there anyone packaging statically-linked executables so that one doesn't worry about shared libraries? I'm thinking something like a single set-up file which will then install to the intended locations without the worry about dependencies. malebo
That is typcially a bad idea. For example, on my fairly minimal desktop system, I have no less than 31 applications linked against libssl. Now, if all of those
were instead statically linked, a security vulnerability would be a real problem. Rather than upgrade one dynamic library package and restart any daemons that are linked to it, I now have to upgrade 31 completely different packages. That is a real pain. There are very good reasons for using dynamic linking whenever possible. -Robetro -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto