Re: ar "zero" flag

["Perry E. Metzger" <perry%piermont.com@localhost>]

A small request: could we use a second "subject" line to discuss
getting rid of .a files altogether? I'd like to keep the topics
separate, given that I have to make something work for 5.0 and .a
files will certainly be in 5.0...

Perry

David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost> writes:
> On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 02:25:20PM -0700, Jason Thorpe wrote:
>> However, issues like this as well as issues with threads, full-feature 
>> functionality, backwards-compatibility, etc. have led me to conclude that 
>> it's time to deprecate static linking on our system[1].
>
> This is a bad idea. You can argue that static libraries are obsolete
> and a hazard to system integrity. You can also argue just as
> convincingly that shared libraries are obsolete and a hazard to system
> integrity.
>
> Both arguments are bollocks.
>
> I also feel a tremendous sense of deja vu, like we've had this
> argument already once or twice before.
>
> -- 
> David A. Holland
> dholland%netbsd.org@localhost
>

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