On 18 Aug 2015 21:41, Linda Walsh wrote: > Mike Frysinger wrote: > > On 18 Aug 2015 13:34, Linda Walsh wrote: > > (2) it's using the nss system which lets people drop modules into the system > > at anytime and change the overall lookups to use that. statically linking a > > specific subset would block that ability. > --- > The linux kernel is a perfect example of a statically linked program that > can dynamically load plugins to provide authorization data from external > sources. Static doesn't mean you can't support 3rd party plugins/libs -- > like LDAP.
which is what the current glibc code already does and why you get a warning when you link things staticlly. i'm not sure how you can argue both sides of the fence on this. -mike
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