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Re:Oasis: Small statically-linked Linux system by onlyrealcuzzo on Sunday August 14, 2022 @10:29AM (#32459530)
What are the headaches with shared libraries?

Assuming that you pin the version of the library you need, two applications using the same library /shouldn't/ cause issues.

In most *nix systems - each instance of a shared library has its own data.

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Re:Oasis: Small statically-linked Linux system by waynecochran on Sunday August 14, 2022 @11:02AM (#32459834)
I am assuming you know the answer to the question if you have been developing code for awhile. What makes the problem worse is that it is transitive. I link against Colmap libs, which links against Ceres libs, which links against OpenMP, … these are ever changing code bases and I have to create executables that run on local machines, Azure cloud machines, AWS cloud machines, … chafed down shared lib mismatches becomes a nightmare.
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Re:Oasis: Small statically-linked Linux system by rattlesnakedave on Sunday August 14, 2022 @10:36AM (#32459590)
“ Assuming that you pin the version of the library you need, two applications using the same library /shouldn't/ cause issues.”

Then why bother?

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