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Date:      Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:14:52 -0700
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
To:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        src-committers@freebsd.org, peterjeremy@optushome.com.au, alfred@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, deischen@freebsd.org, cvs-src@freebsd.org, yar@comp.chem.msu.su
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/gen fts-compat.c fts-compat.h
Message-ID:  <20070828181452.GA78587@dragon.NUXI.org>
In-Reply-To: <20070827.203029.-432838018.imp@bsdimp.com>
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On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 08:30:29PM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> In message: <20070828005654.GA50401@dragon.NUXI.org>
>             "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> writes:
> : On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 09:36:15PM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> : > In message: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0708242252520.15344@sea.ntplx.net>
> : >             Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> writes:
> : > : I guess the build system should be more tolerant of this, but
> : > : there are bound to be problems regardless.  I don't see why
> : > : the install tools can't also either have their own set of
> : > : libraries (utilizing LD_LIBRARY_PATH) or be built static.
> : > 
> : > There's much resistance to building everything that the build system
> : > might be used being build static.  It adds too much time and
> : > complexity to the build system, the opponents say.
> : 
> : I've never heard an argument against building these bits static.
> : What's the issue?
> 
> I thought you were one of the folks making this argument when we last
> changed the FILE structure and related hangers on.

Hum, I don't recall having that position against static binaries.
 
-- 
-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)



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