Re:“Shared libraries are not a good thing in general”
by necovek on Sunday May 02, 2021 @10:23AM
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You seem to be assuming that a statically linked library won't have a subtle, edge-case bug, when in fact, it doesn't just work.
Even that could be env-related, so maybe it surfaced once you moved to a new Fedora release.
Basically, the problems are pretty much the same with either approach, one has a more complex runtime environment, other has a more complex upgrade story.
While I'd agree with Linus' take on shared libraries, I'd still say that "statically linked libraries are not a good thing in general either" (the stress is on general).
Even that could be env-related, so maybe it surfaced once you moved to a new Fedora release.
Basically, the problems are pretty much the same with either approach, one has a more complex runtime environment, other has a more complex upgrade story.
While I'd agree with Linus' take on shared libraries, I'd still say that "statically linked libraries are not a good thing in general either" (the stress is on general).