I thought the whole point of static linked binaries was to remove the exact problem you're talking about. My understanding (which apparently is wrong) was that when you static link a binary, it includes *all* libs required for execution of that program, regardless of how many/what version/where they're located/ etc. It obviously makes the executable larger, but prevents the problems you're talking about not having the proper lib versions installed. My understanding was that the whole static link thing was specifically supposed to solve this exact problem. What am I missing here? This isn't how they work according to what you're saying, but according to what I've read (admittedly, it's been a while, so things may have changed) this is the expected behavior.
