Compiling "static" applications with SWT/GTK

Mon Dec 1 05:38:00 GMT 2003

Steve D. Perkins wrote:
> However, my opinion is that it's
> never a good idea to force shared library dependency by default in 
> situations where the shared library is not a pevasive near-universal 
> standard. Developers might not care, but the average end-user looks at 
> you as if you're speaking Klingon when told that they have to install a 
> new shared library. That severely reduces acceptance of your 
> applications, and I'm not even getting started on 
> backwards-compatibility issues given the rapid advancement of libgcj.

I don't understand the problem, at least on systems that use Elf
(including GNU/Linux). You always have the option of installing
the shared library in a private directory if you're concerned about
dependencies, or fear that the "system" version of libgcj is missing
or wrong or incompatible.
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