Andrew Haley <a...@redhat.com> writes: >> [...] It makes heavy use of >> C++, STL, and boost and we'd like to (if possible) link *everything* >> statically. This means libc, libgcc, libstdc++, boost, libpthread, >> etc. > [...] > However, I really implore you: by all means link statically to everything > else, but leave libc dynamically linked. I'm not aware of any reason not > to link libc dynamically, and not doing so leads to a ton of problems.
If they actually encounter that ton of problems, then they will change their minds about libc, regardless of preemptive imploring. - FChE