Re: [Xen-devel] dynamic libraries

[Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 23 Feb 2005, at 23:26, Adam Heath wrote:

> libxc requires code from libxutil.  If you have both as .a, then when a
> third-party app links to libxc, the third-party app also has to link to
> libxutil.  This is normally done with a helper script(ala gnome, etc).
> Dynamic linking solves this.
>
> Additionally, if libfoo links to libxc.a(and libxutil.a), and libbar 
> also
> links to libxc.a(and libxutil.a), then both libfoo and libbar will not 
> only
> have duplicate code, but may have different incompatible versions of 
> it.  This
> is a recipe for disaster.
>
> Dynamic linking is really the way to go.
Okay, well I shall change to -fPIC as the default and just not build 
static libraries. Seems pointless having both static and dynamic.
 -- Keir



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