On 2019-09-23, at 11:27:56 +0200, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote: > On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 10:47:40AM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > On Sunday 2019-09-22 09:09, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote: > > >> > src/linenoise.c | 1201 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > >> > > >> That seems like a recipe to end up with stale code. For a > > >> distribution, it's static linking worsened by another degree. > > >> > > >> (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bundled_Libraries?rd=Packaging:Bundled_Libraries) > > > > > >I thought this is like mini-gmp.c? Are distributors packaging this > > >as a library? > > > > Yes; No. > > > > After an update to a static library, a distro would have to rebuild > > dependent packages and then distribute that. Doable, but cumbersome. > > > > But bundled code evades even that. If there is a problem, all > > instances of the "static library" would need updating. Doable, but > > even more cumbersome. > > > > Basically the question is: how is NF going to guarantee that > > linenoise (or mini-gmp for that matter) are always up to date? > > It seems to me that mini-gmp.c was designed to be used like we do. > > For the linenoise case, given that there's already a package in > Fedora, I'm fine to go for AC_CHECK_LIB([linenoise], ...) and _not_ > including the copy in our tree. Righto. Will send out v2 in a bit. > Probably other distributions might provide a package soon for this > library. I've nearly finished a package for Debian. Will see if anyone fancies sponsoring it. J.
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