Re: *DO* dynamically link distributed executables
From: Glynn Clements <glynn(a)sensei.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 09:29:51 +0000 (GMT)
On Linux, I think that precompiled binaries really need to be done by
people who are familiar with the various distributions.
Are you suggesting a seperate build for every distribution?!?
Slackware doesn't have dependency handling (or it didn't the last time
that I installed it), but people who use Slackware tend to be more
concerned with stability than having all of the latest cool packages,
and are also less likely to be complete newbies who will give up if
the package doesn't install out-of-the-box.
For what it's worth, I use Slackware, tend to find a reasonable number
of new goodies and have generally real good luck with installing lots
of things out of the box. When I've had problems, it's been with
dynamically linked stuff that assumes something about my system that's
not right. YMMV.
Rick
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