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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> |