Subject: Re: Static vs Dynamic
From: Sam TH (sam@uchicago.edu)
Date: Fri Aug 31 2001 - 08:39:16 CDT
On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 08:38:20AM -0400, Scott Bingman wrote:
> Sam TH wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 07:43:16AM -0400, Scott Bingman wrote:
> >
> >> What is the difference between static and dymanic versions?
> >> How do I know which version to choose to download on a 26,400 connection?
> >
> >
> > Probably the dynamic version.
> >
> > sam th --- sam@uchicago.edu --- http://www.abisource.com/~sam/
> > OpenPGP Key: CABD33FC --- http://samth.dyndns.org/key
> > DeCSS: http://samth.dynds.org/decss
> >
> I, um, tried the dymanic version and it complained about libstdc++ not
> being able to do something.
> But, uh, the question was the difference between the two. Thanks for
> the reply though.
The difference is whether the binary depends on dynamic libraries on
your machine. The static version has the librar functions compiled
in. If dynamic doesn't work, I reccomend trying the static version.
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