Path: csiph.com!optima2.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!usenet.stanford.edu!not-for-mail From: Linda Walsh Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug Subject: Re: remaking bash, trying static, glibc refuses static...? Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 13:34:55 -0700 Lines: 30 Approved: bug-bash@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <55D106B2.9000705@tlinx.org> <20150817044932.GB1584@vapier> NNTP-Posting-Host: lists.gnu.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: usenet.stanford.edu 1439930110 25249 208.118.235.17 (18 Aug 2015 20:35:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: action@cs.stanford.edu To: bug-bash@gnu.org Envelope-to: bug-bash@gnu.org User-Agent: Thunderbird In-Reply-To: <20150817044932.GB1584@vapier> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x (no timestamps) [generic] X-Received-From: 173.164.175.65 X-BeenThere: bug-bash@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for the GNU Bourne Again SHell List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: csiph.com gnu.bash.bug:11379 Mike Frysinger wrote: > it is not political, nor is it related to bash at all > -mike Then can you give any technical reason why a static lib that uses no network services (i.e. running on a mini-root ) couldn't be made available for the various calls that currently claim "dynamic library support" is necessary. I know it is not just 'bash'. Googling for the subject shows it's a problem for many projects, so I find it very odd that such a static lib couldn't be provided. If an upstream DB provider (NSS, say), refuses to provide a static lib, then the static lib Gnu provided would exclude them, stating the reason why. Seems simple enough to provide such a widely asked for feature -- even if it has to be less functional/flexible than the dynamic version (i.e. Gnu would have done the best they could under the circumstances). But the bash option for static even lists the reason for such -- but with no way to actually use the option. *sigh*.