On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:45 PM, Aryeh Gregor < Simetrical+wikilist@gmail.com Simetrical%2Bwikilist@gmail.com> wrote:
Alternatively, is the libc ABI stable enough that we could dynamically link libc, and statically link everything else? The other libraries required are very small.
I wouldn't count on this... at least we should provide a dyn-linked version for those wanting less storage/memory/whatever consumption.
How do statically compiled programs for x86 platforms behave on x64, btw? And what about more "exotic" platforms like ARM (which can also be multi-endian, IXP4xx is an example) / SPARC (Toolserver!!!) or PowerPC? Are they actually supported by Lua?
BTW, what about Mac OS / FreeBSD hosts?
Are there any shared webhosts you know of that run Mac or BSD? At worst, they can fall into the same group as the no-exec() camp, able to use Wikipedia content but not 100%.
The webhoster hosting our school's homepage does, for example... They host all schools in Munich, and I think they're a bit security-paranoid. We don't have any issues hosting a MediaWiki there, actually. (OK, we never imported WP content.)
Marco