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Re: Statically linked binary & NSS


On 2 Dec 1998, Ulrich Drepper wrote:

> > Can we improve this situation?
> 
> Why?  Static binaries are evil, nobody should ever use any.  This is
> common practice on Solaris, HPUX and probably more in future as Sun
> seems to license NSS to others.

Then you certainly did not have to bootstrap recently any new platform to
see what a royal pain it is not to have to possiblity of building a
complete static binary when you need it.

I am sorry, but ststic binaries, no matter how evel those are, are
important.

Cristian
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