Re: [OFFTOPIC]: MS Porting Office to Linux?

Chip Salzenberg (chip@perlsupport.com)
Fri, 12 Mar 1999 19:18:48 -0500

According to H. Peter Anvin:
> > It's either this or they have to static link! This would turn it into
> > real big bloat-ware, it is very large. 5.0's installation program
> > is more complete, but you still have to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH and,
> > if you want their library cached, fix up /etc/ld.so.config.
>
> There is really no difference between the two choices, though!

Sure there is. Applix programs A1 and A2, when static linked, each
contain copies of (parts of) libc. When dynamically linked with their
own libc, at least are sharing that specialized libc.

-- 
Chip Salzenberg      - a.k.a. -      <chip@perlsupport.com>
      "When do you work?"   "Whenever I'm not busy."


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