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Re:Oasis: Small statically-linked Linux system by nicce on Sunday August 14, 2022 @10:46AM (#32459685)
It really depends on whether the bug is in API or not. If it is not, it is likely that upgrading only the shared library is enough.
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Re:Oasis: Small statically-linked Linux system by convolvatron on Sunday August 14, 2022 @01:17PM (#32460994)
How lovely to live in a world where api contracts are absolute and complicated internal behaviors never conflict in unforeseen ways. We’ve really gotten on top of the software complexity problem
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Re:Oasis: Small statically-linked Linux system by arinlen on Sunday August 14, 2022 @03:08PM (#32461967)
> How lovely to live in a world where api contracts are absolute and complicated internal behaviors never conflict in unforeseen ways.

Some libraries managed to preserve API contracts throughout the years just fine.

Even in C++, a language which does not establish a standard ABI, has frameworks which have not been breaking the ABI throughout multiple releases, such as Qt.

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Re:Oasis: Small statically-linked Linux system by hedora on Sunday August 14, 2022 @03:05PM (#32461950)
That's exactly the problem deb files and apt solve (via integration testing and documenting antidependences.)
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