Re: bug in util-linux 2.11n-4mdk sln executable missing

[Thierry Vignaud]

Arthur Marsh <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi, I was experimenting with Linux Mandrake 8.2 recently and found
> that the sln (statically linked ln) executable was missing.
>
> Recompiling the GNU fileutils 4.1 with LDFLAGS = -static created the
> statically linked exectuable alright, but I wondered if:
>
> the statically linked ln executable should be included in the
> util-linux package, and

as for mandrake, we should consider to either include sln in the
util-linux or in the glibc as rh folks do.
currently we don't do any of these alternatives.
the question is : do we ensure rh compatibility (well i don't think
there's much people requiring glibc for /sbin/sln :-)) or not ?

we did put sln in glibc in the old days but chmouel removed it.

gwenole, juan, have you some hints on that subject ?

not a big deal ...

> if there should be a configure option in GNU fileutils to create
> statically linked executables of any of the programs for inclusion
> in the /sbin directory, in addition to any dynamically linked
> executables.

hummm. currently it guesses if it must build sln depending if c
compiler support static linking.
i would rather prefer an option to *disable* static compiling for
people who don't care about cpu time spent in compiling static
programs.
but not everybody rebuild its own util-linux.

so just ignore that "problem".

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