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RE: Are java executables standalone?
hill0093 writes:
>
> I think there is some kind of misunderstanding. I am talking about
> executable binaries like fortran, pascal, and c compilers all
> normally produced say 10 years ago, not the java byte codes.
Most people stopped doing that for a very good reason.
A little while ago there was a serious security hole found in zlib,
and it turned out that zlib was statically linked to 100 or so
different packages. A single Linux distribution had very quickly to
produce 100 emergency erratum packages! Most people said "never
again." :-)
Andrew.