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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