Re:“Static Linking Considered Harmful” Considered Harmful
by pjc50 on Sunday October 03, 2021 @12:14PM
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Roughly the same thing happens on Windows and is called "DLL hell", occasionally witnessed by end users.
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Re:“Static Linking Considered Harmful” Considered Harmful
by rewma on Sunday October 03, 2021 @01:37PM
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DLL Hell ceased to be a practical concern over a decade ago, particularly given that Windows provides tight control over its dynamic linking search order.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/dlls/dynamic-...
DLL Hell is not a linking problem, it's a packaging problem.