Neil Williams wrote: > But does any package in Debian actually do the static linking?
A few udebs use static linking to avoid the need for separate udebs for certain libraries. It also helps to reduce memory usage as only needed symbols are linked in. It's only used in a few specific cases; the normal practice is to provide a library from a udeb. Cheers, FJP -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201005021656.02073.elen...@planet.nl