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From: mike@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Mike Elliot)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer
Subject: Re: shared libraries, when to use them
Keywords: shared libraries .so
Message-ID: <140532@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: 17 Jun 91 02:08:56 GMT
References: <1991Jun11.163544.20234@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> <17106@darkstar.ucsc.edu>
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In article <17106@darkstar.ucsc.edu> jik@cats.ucsc.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) writes:
>In article <1991Jun11.163544.20234@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>, shirley@washington.jsc.nasa.gov (Bill Shirley) writes:
>> I was wondering when it's appropriate to use shared libraries? (specifically in SunOS)

[response edited for brevity]

> There are three reasons you might have to link an application static...
> (1) The application is going to be installed on the workstation root...
> (2) Startup time is very, very important...(3) Security concerns...

 4.) If you need to support multiple versions of an OS and don't want
     to have to worry about what version of the shared libraries your
     users have.

-mje
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