Re: static binaries and NSS

[Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk at suse dot de>]

On Thu, Jun 12, Ulrich Drepper wrote:

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> Thorsten Kukuk wrote:
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> > +link_warning (getgrouplist, "the `getgrouplist' function should not be used in static binaries.")
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> "should not be used" probably isn't the right wording, especially if the
> loading issue is resolved with Jakub's patch or something similar.  It
> might be fine, given the situation.  The actual problem should be
> described.  I probably settle for
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> using 'foo' in statically linked applications requires at runtime the
> NSS modules from the glibc version used for linking
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> or something like that.  It's long but I don't think this should be a
> problem.  This is the time where native English speakers could shine.

There is now a new patch, where libc-symbols.h contains the macro
with a modified text.

  Thorsten

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