[Help-smalltalk] [bug] -static build for gst

[Ildar Mulyukov]

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Project:      GNU Smalltalk
Version:      <none>
Component:    VM
Category:     bug reports
Priority:     normal
Assigned to:  Unassigned
Reported by:  ildar.mulyukov
Updated by:   ildar.mulyukov
Status:       active

In Makefile.am we can see:
gst_LDFLAGS = -export-dynamic -static

The reason for -static is not clear to me. We have libgst.so and we can
link dynamically.

But upon linking dynamically, gst becomes less stable, at least when
working with FFI.

Anyone care to explain? Thanks