In article <FISCHER.92Jan23191836@solsort.iesd.auc.dk> fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars P. Fischer) writes:
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> Yeah, debugging with shared libs can be a pain. I believe it's
> important to have the option of doing a static link, just as you can
> compile without optimization if need be.

Yes, the shared libs are optional: change the libc.a and crt0.o files
and you can choose between shared/unshared libs. There weren't even any
changes to the compiler/linker: the shared libs are misusing the linker
a bit, but it works.

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>                       The SunOS system of having shared libs with
>version numbers is also a good idea -- makes it possible to update a
>library withput messing up programs using the old version.

Right.  Even this is handled "correctly" in linux: it would be even
better with hardcoded addresses in the shared lib, but that was too much
work, so we settled for version numbers.  It's going to be interesting
to see if the linux approach to shared libs even closely resembles
anything else: neither I nor pmacdona had any actual references to how
they "should" be implemented. 

                Linus