> Unfortunately you can't really statically link a GUI app.
But is there any fundamental reason why not?
> Also, if you happened to have linked that image to a.out it wouldn't work if
> you're using a kernel from this year, but that's probably not the case ;)
I assume you refer to the retirement of coff support (in favor of elf).
I would argue that given how long this obsolete format was supported was actually quite impressive.
In the distant past, if it has happened at all. I can't recollect an instance. Perhaps the advantage of using a distro?
Wasn't there also DLL hell on Windows?
My understanding is that very old statically linked Linux images still run today because paraphrasing Linus: "we don't break user space".
> we don't break user space
The kernel doesn't break user space. User space breaks on its own.
Unfortunately you can't really statically link a GUI app.
Also, if you happened to have linked that image to a.out it wouldn't work if you're using a kernel from this year, but that's probably not the case ;)
> Unfortunately you can't really statically link a GUI app.
But is there any fundamental reason why not?
> Also, if you happened to have linked that image to a.out it wouldn't work if > you're using a kernel from this year, but that's probably not the case ;)
I assume you refer to the retirement of coff support (in favor of elf). I would argue that given how long this obsolete format was supported was actually quite impressive.