Slow xfrun, [was: new dev branch stuff]

[Antonio SJ Musumeci]

a.out can be linked dynamically. elf can be linked statically. ld doesnt 
"fall back" to static if it cant find the dynamic library. Nor the 
opposite. cpp is the C preprocessor... not the c++ compiler.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_file_format

edscott wilson garcia wrote:

> 
> Whether ld chooses static or dynamic would also depend on the executable
> output format as well. a.out cannot be linked dynamically, elf format
> can. The default is probably chosen on the output type, static for a.out
> and dynamic for elf (and falling back to the .a file if the .so file is
> not present). The language choice could be made by ld if called from cc
> or cpp or f77 (I never invoke ld directly myself), but I've never
> checked this on point (although I eventually will, just out of
> curiousity).
> 
>  
> regards,
> 
> Edscott
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