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James Miller wrote:
>
> Are add-ons for BL3 to be compiled statically, Steven?  

No.

> I'm considering doing a Slack 3.5 install here in a VMWare 
> virtual machine and doing some compiling for BL3. 

Slackware 3.5 is OK, but 4.0 is a better fit for BL3 (and
it has a more up-to-date compiler).

> You addressed earlier statically compiled programs stating, 
> if memory serves, that all programs in BL3 are statically 
> compiled.  

Only the BL3 foundation (busybox, Xvesa) is statically compiled.  
The rest of the binaries require libc5.

Cheers,
Steven