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Re:Solo – a .so loader for static Linux binaries by akerl_ on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @08:59PM (#49355196)
musl has no problem building and using shared libraries.

What you can't do is build something statically with musl and then reliably dlopen shared libraries built with glibc.

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Re:Solo – a .so loader for static Linux binaries by pg83 on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @09:03PM (#49355215)
Well, now it's possible! Furthermore, SoLo binaries can run, without modification, on glibc-based distros, alpine, and soon on android/bionic (not committed yet).
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Re:Solo – a .so loader for static Linux binaries by account42 on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @04:03AM (#49358477)
Only on current glibc distributions. Your SoLo-program WILL break on future distributions. This is not a sensible tradeoff.
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Re:Solo – a .so loader for static Linux binaries by yxhuvud on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @05:05AM (#49358935)
Who says it is not a sensible tradeoff? It may be a much better tradeoff than not being able to run it at all.
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Re:Solo – a .so loader for static Linux binaries by pg83 on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @05:09AM (#49358966)
Any software WILL break on future distributions, sooner or later.
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