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bug#20437: ls links too many dynamic libraries


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: bug#20437: ls links too many dynamic libraries
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2015 22:30:16 -0700
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Currently GNU 'ls' dynamically links a whole bunch of libraries, libraries like libpcre and liblzma. Can we figure out some way to remove the runtime dependencies on these libraries? It's better if a core utility like 'ls' avoids libthis and libthat unless the libraries are vital to its function, which these shouldn't be.

I installed the attached patches to get rid of one unnecessary library, libacl, on GNU/Linux. Can we do better and get rid of more dependencies? Perhaps using techniques similar to what was used to get rid of libacl?

Attachment: 0001-build-update-gnulib-submodule-to-latest.patch
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Attachment: 0002-ls-on-GNU-Linux-remove-dependency-on-libacl.patch
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