Re: [Rule-list] RULE + RH7.2 + UPDATES ?

[CLOTILDE Guy Daniel]

Hi
I agree with you that static RPMs are a good thing, but for machines whom dd 
can be changed to a 20 or 30 Go one for only a few bucks. But Laptops often 
can't do that.

Cheers

> I think this is where Marco's concept of static rpm builds could help... why 
> not have those libs uniquely needed by the app that may not be on the box 
> included with the app and put into /usr/local/lib.  Some libs... this won't 
> work for (like gcc) but others (python 1.5 and 2.0 for example) can coexist.  
> But if you build static the application and it's lib are one.  Lousy for 
> really low mem boxes (170mb hdd) but if the user has say a 2 gig or better, 
> the small increase in size would make up for the hassle of finding all of 
> those *$^&^ libs.
> 
> James
> 
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Martin Stricker
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