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From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Bug reports for GNU Guix <bug-guix@gnu.org>
Cc: 38500@debbugs.gnu.org, Brett Gilio <brettg@posteo.net>,
	Vicente Eduardo <vic798@gmail.com>
Subject: bug#38500: Ruby is built against libruby-static.a
Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2019 16:42:15 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87a782bz90.fsf@nckx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87fthwdr0p.fsf@posteo.net>

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Vincente, Brett,

Brett Gilio 写道:
> Vicente Eduardo <vic798@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I would like to have two versions, or at least the dynamic one, 
>> that's the common way
>> Ruby should be built, and also the Guixy style.

Important: static linking isn't the Guixy style at all!

Statically linking different packages ‘subverts’ Guix, can subvert 
grafting and lead to undetected security holes.

> Generally, I think we dynamically link most objects.

Correct.

> _BUT_, I could be
> missing part of the story here. So I am going to wait for the 
> higher
> powers that be to respond.

You could ask Pjotr Prins and David Thompson but I suspect that it 
was simply an oversight: most packages link dynamically by default 
because it's the sane thing to do, and it would have been 
reasonable to assume Ruby did too.

If there is a good reason to link statically, it should be added 
in a comment.

Kind regards,

T G-R

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-12-08 15:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-12-05 13:25 bug#38500: Ruby is built against libruby-static.a Vicente Eduardo
2019-12-07 16:44 ` Brett Gilio
2019-12-08 14:44   ` Vicente Eduardo
2019-12-08 14:49     ` Vicente Eduardo
2019-12-08 15:42   ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Bug reports for GNU Guix [this message]
2019-12-09 18:33     ` Brett Gilio
2019-12-09 20:57       ` Brett Gilio
2019-12-13  3:51       ` Brett Gilio

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