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		enriquto on Dec 16, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre operating system > Many build systems don't respect LDFLAGS and CFLAGS, or respect one or the other, or only partially respect them, causing a great deal of annoyance Sounds good, doesn't it? This means that efforts to produce a fully static distribution would imply a sweeping wave of fixes across a wide range of packages and build systems!

chasil on Dec 16, 2024 | [–]

But your ideal UNIX has already come and gone.

"[Ultrix] never supported shared libraries or dynamically linked executables."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultrix

anthk on Dec 16, 2024 | | [–]

9front/plan9. Unix 2.0.

machinestops on Dec 16, 2024 | [–]

The path of least resistance is to jam flags where they don't belong, sed patches, etc. Works well enough, so that's what ends up happening.

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