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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: Keno Fischer <keno@juliacomputing.com>
Cc: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add a configure flag to link libc statically
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 13:57:59 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170116125759.GA25857@salvia> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20161230054426.GA9694@juliacomputing.com>

On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 12:44:26AM -0500, Keno Fischer wrote:
> The primary concern here is probably that iptables uses functions
> that in glibc still require the dynamic library at runtime.

I think that explains this:

libxt_owner.c:416: warning: Using 'getgrgid' in statically linked
applications requires at runtime the shared libraries from the glibc
version used for linking

> However, for my usage of iptables, I have never actually run into
> this situation, and even if I did, I'd rather switch libcs (though I
> may be in the minority there). Nevertheless, I think it would be
> useful to have this option available for those wanting a statically
> linked iptables.

I'm trying to understand why you need this. Thanks.

  reply	other threads:[~2017-01-16 12:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-12-30  5:44 [PATCH] Add a configure flag to link libc statically Keno Fischer
2017-01-16 12:57 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2017-01-16 16:39   ` Keno Fischer
2017-01-16 17:09     ` Pablo Neira Ayuso

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