peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Peter Gordon) writes: > Firstly, shared libraries mean that only that specific library needs > to be rebuild for any updates. not relevant for the mentioned packages. They use only some syscalls from libc and almost all logic is implemented in the programs self. > Secondly, static libraries (as I understand their workings) are stored > in memory with the binary image of the program that is running. This > leads to (theoretically) multiple copies of that library wasting memory > space needlessly. Typical glibc propaganda... Numbers [1] show that some dietlibc linked programs need only 10% of (non-shareable) memory than the glibc counterpart. glibc's dynamic loader needs more instructions and memory at startup than the whole dietlibc-built program during its whole lifetime. Enrico Footnotes: [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-extras-list/2006-February/msg01842.html -- fedora-extras-list mailing list fedora-extras-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-extras-list
