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| author | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2015-03-15 23:29:31 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2015-03-15 23:29:31 +0000 |
| commit | 73b2841ee14caae80ea8a2bbaa1cb7e2c21e666f (patch) | |
| tree | 7dc2c4199ab23e128b141d92c136308eb4288edc /chapter06/introduction.xml | |
| parent | ecd016b289961104c34b226600ed5e3e943d7f40 (diff) | |
Remove non-essential static libraries from the installation. Added a new
section in Chapter 6 Introduction, supressed many static libraries in different
packages, and removed the remaining in the Cleaning Up section.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@10880 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter06/introduction.xml b/chapter06/introduction.xml index a3a8b8829..ae0e54c58 100644 --- a/chapter06/introduction.xml +++ b/chapter06/introduction.xml @@ -55,4 +55,29 @@ <note><para>The SBU values and required disk space includes test suite data for all applicable packages in Chapter 6.</para></note> + <sect2> + <title>About libraries</title> + + <para>In general, the LFS editors discourage building and installing static + libraries. The original purpose for most static libraries has been made + obsolete in a modern Linux system. In addition linking a static library + into a program can be detrimental. If an update to the library is needed + to remove a security problem, all programs that use the static library will + need to be relinked to the new library. Since the use of static libraries + is not always obvious, deciding which programs (and the procedures needed to + do the linking) may not even be known.</para> + + <para>In the prcedures in Chapter 6, we remove or disable installation of + most static libraries. In a few cases, especially glibc and gcc, the use + of static libraries remains essential to the general package building + process. Usually this is done by passing a + <option>--disable-static</option> option to <command>configure</command>. + In other cases, alternate means are needed.</para> + + <para>For a more complete discussion of libraries, see the discussion + <ulink url="&blfs-root;/view/&short-version;/introduction/libraries.html"> + Libraries: Static or shared?</ulink> in the BLFS book.</para> + + </sect2> + </sect1> |