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From: grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey)
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Subject: Re: static or dynamic linking?
Date: 27 Sep 1997 10:09:47 +0800
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On Fri, Sep 26, 1997 at 03:46:51PM -0400, Cliff Addy wrote:
> I got this question from a user:
>
>> Is the OS FreeBSD 2.2.2 statically or dynamically linked?
>
> How do I answer him?

All operating systems I know are statically linked.  Dynamic linking
is only applicable to programs.  FreeBSD supports both statically and
dynamically linked programs.

Greg