From: David Leimbach <leimy2k@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] another type of static linking: send all the shared libraries with the program!
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:16:23 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTikfJB3N5=0E7Zy49Z17sk+361gAovZe-93WNZmM@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinU2yxw_7dXR0JAiBZRm9u8wNiOgUU1cHE7dPRf@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Federico G. Benavento <benavento@gmail.com
> wrote:
> cinap did years ago for linux emu
>
> http://9hal.ath.cx/usr/cinap_lenrek/lbun/mklbun
>
> which packages linuxemu, the linux exec you want and the
> required libs all in an rc bundle that you can execute
> as a regular program
>
> in:
> http://9hal.ath.cx/magic/webls?dir=/usr/cinap_lenrek/lbun
>
> you have lbuns for svn, bash and others that just work on Plan 9
>
Sounds handy for those programs you just *must* have. Sometimes I want a
reasonable web browser on Plan 9 (where no web browser is a reasonable
idea).
>
> On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 4:21 AM, ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I can't help it, this one struck me as quite funny, after all the
> > shared library discussions we've had on this list.
> >
> > "A Stanford researcher, Philip Guo, has developed a tool called CDE to
> > automatically package up a Linux program and all its dependencies
> > (including system-level libraries, fonts, etc!) so that it can be run
> > out of the box on another Linux machine without a lot of complicated
> > work setting up libraries and program versions or dealing with
> > dependency version hell. "
> >
> > OK, so this is better than static linking how? Oh yeah you get the
> > fonts. And all the incompatible programs across distros.
> >
> > So they've made the whole shared library mess so incredibly complex
> > that you now have to bundle a program's shared libraries with the
> > program!
> >
> > Un-beeeeee-lievable.
> >
> > The standard rule is, when you're in a hole, stop digging; that seems
> > not to apply in software nowadays.
> >
> > ron
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Federico G. Benavento
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-11-13 23:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-13 7:21 ron minnich
2010-11-13 7:26 ` erik quanstrom
2010-11-13 7:31 ` Don Bailey
2010-11-13 7:35 ` erik quanstrom
2010-11-13 16:58 ` [9fans] another type of static linking: send all the shared blstuart
2010-11-13 17:05 ` ron minnich
2010-11-13 17:09 ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2010-11-13 17:10 ` erik quanstrom
2010-11-13 7:37 ` [9fans] another type of static linking: send all the shared libraries with the program! Federico G. Benavento
2010-11-13 23:16 ` David Leimbach [this message]
2010-11-13 8:37 ` tlaronde
2010-11-13 23:14 ` David Leimbach
2010-11-15 2:31 ` Jeff Sickel
2010-11-15 3:55 ` Bruce Ellis
2010-11-15 9:08 ` EBo
2010-11-15 15:55 ` David Leimbach
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