rpm static link [was Re: ESR: Goodbye Fedora]

[Matthew Miller]

On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 04:48:22PM -0800, Michael A Peters wrote:
> I do think rpm should be statically linked.

At the time, there was a solid technical reason for not doing it. (NPTL
transition growing pains.) At this point, it might be worth revisiting.
However, it doesn't necessarily gain you much -- if your system is that
screwed up, booting the install CD in rescue mode is usually a better
choice.

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