hmmm, the only thing that worries me about dynamic linking is that it will add variability to the outputs. Zeke has spent endless amounts of time tracking down e.g. mac vs. pc differences in math libs and such. Won't dynamic linking just make that a much more prevalent problem? Bruce
On Sat, 20 Feb 2016, Yaroslav Halchenko wrote: > Hi again, > > While our "building from source" discussion is "hot" I wondered to ask > if there was an attempt or may be plans for to switch to using dynamic > linking (and collect functionality within a few internal > libraries) instead of static duplication of binary code across > binaries. > > At some point Michael Hanke and me have tried to achieve such a goal: > http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-exppsy/freesurfer.git/tree/debian/patches/internal_shared_libs > (although a bit also mixing up with linking against system wide > libraries) so overall it is possible and should shrink currently sized > at almost 4GB bin (stripped of debug symbols) into probably (forgot the > size we got then) 50-100MB. I expect similar or may be even more > drastic effect on debug symbols files (which are useful to provide as an > option). I hope I don't need to outline why 10-fold cut down in > binaries size would be a good thing ;) > > So I wondered, if there are any plans, and if not (yet) -- may be we > could proceed together to achieve that goal? above experiment with > creating and maintaining that huge patch ourselves obviously has failed, > but taking incremental steps we might succeed eventually, IFF such > changes would be accepted upstream (i.e. into your code). Or do > you see any possible reason why assembling few of internal dynamic > libraries and linking against your libraries bundle would be a no go? > > With best regards, > _______________________________________________ Freesurfer mailing list Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine at http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in error but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and properly dispose of the e-mail.
