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Re: Why a specific gcc runtime is needed?
Andrew Haley wrote:
Ian Lance Taylor writes:
> Lin George <george4academic@yahoo.com> writes:
>
> > Do you think to link with static libc is a solution?
For an alternative view, see
http://people.redhat.com/drepper/no_static_linking.html
Andrew.
In addition to the facts listed there, one should also have in mind: The
libc is strongly dependent on the underlying system's feature set. A
staticly linked executable might not be able to make use of new system
features and, way more important, if features underneath are dropped,
the libc might not be able to provide certain functionality (without
adoption) and thus the statically linked executable will fail to run on
a newer system.
-Sven