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Date:      Sat, 11 Nov 2000 15:49:01 -0700 (MST)
From:      Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
To:        obrien@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: The shared /bin and /sbin bikeshed
Message-ID:  <200011112249.PAA08960@nomad.yogotech.com>
In-Reply-To: <20001111144604.B21664@dragon.nuxi.com>
References:  <200011110257.eAB2vj034258@vashon.polstra.com> <200011110315.eAB3Fp909237@mass.osd.bsdi.com> <200011111854.LAA04008@nomad.yogotech.com> <20001111144604.B21664@dragon.nuxi.com>

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> > For awhile, GCC's internal compiler libraries were compiled shared, but
> > the speedups from compiling them static were significant enough to show
> > static linking is *significantly* faster than shared linking, even if
> > you remove the startup issues.
> 
> Hate to say this, but GCC 3.0 will most likely use a shared libgcc.

[ FWIW, it wasn't libgcc that I was speaking of, but the actual
libraries for the language.  However.... ]

Are we *forced* to use it?  I would think we have the ability to choose
to make it static if we so desire.




Nate


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