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SubjectRe: [OFFTOPIC]: MS Porting Office to Linux?
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In article <linux.kernel.m10LySY-0007U1C@the-village.bc.nu>,
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:

>> So SO would add ~250k to the size of their code by statically
>> linking to libc? And they'd gain independence from the library
>> of the week club? This looks like an unqualified win to me.
>
>If they static link they have to provide object modules for relinking
^
upon request
>under the LGPL.

Yup. I'd toss them onto the distribution CD so that the adventurous
could attempt to relink. Dunno what SO would do, though -- given
the total lack of interest in relinking on the various commercial
Linux projects I've done, I'd suspect that dropping the objects onto
a ftp site is probably sufficient.

____
david parsons \bi/ Well, you can have the statically linked version
\/ that will work, or the dynamically linked version
that will only work with libc 5.8.49.hike!.hike!

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