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  • Subject: Re: [BL] Debian granular libraries article: ATTN Steven!
  • Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 03:12:01 +0000

James Miller wrote:
>
> Debian's PIC (Position Independent Code) libraries.
> These are the standard libraries, broken up into
> little pieces.
> produces a directory full of library files--perfectly
> customized to your binaries, with no more and no less
> than exactly what you need.

This would be very useful for a small distribution
with a fixed set of binaries. But is not so good
for add-ons. By using standard libraries, you know
exactly where you are. With customized libraries you
can't be sure whether a particular add-on will find
the routines it needs.

Cheers,
Steven





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