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Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 10:05:24 +0200
From: u-igbb@...ey.se
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: libhybris and musl?
> > IMHO this is how the shared libs concept should have been implemented
> > from the very beginning.
>
> Not shared libs in general, but for "arbitrary pluggable modules to
> inject into arbitrary programs to extend their functionality", yes.
Indeed, it is using the shared libs technology for purposes where it is
not a suitable tool which made it harmful.
> Another clear example where this is needed is PAM. The idea of loading
Sure, it was a brain-dead design from the beginning, otherwise also the
nsswitch and even perl's and python's and gtk's ".so" modules and the
non-GL X11 drivers too - the examples are unfortunately too numerous.
Why do misleading concepts become so popular so easily?
(NFS comes to mind as an impressive non-library example).
Probably because they solve a problem of the day - who cares if they
create a problem of a decennium or two... Sigh.
Rune
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