On Oct 28, 2012 11:41 AM, "John Spencer" <maillist-luajit@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: [Claims about static linking musl-libc] > *if* glibc follows the POSIX/C specs, they will behave identically. POSIX standardizes what "static linking" means, and how get*ent are implemented? [citation needed] > this sounds like A Bad Idea. if you dynamically link one component, you can as well just dynamically link everything, because you'll lose the advantages of static linking. ...which are? Tangentially, it looks like glibc 2.2 is from 2000, 2.4 from 2006. It's really weird to have Linux be so old; I found my 0.12 boot/root floppies recently. They'll be old enough to drink legally in the US in four months.