Re: Demise of libpcp_pmda.so (was Re: pcp updates)

[Ken McDonell <kenj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree with Max ... why retire the dso?  Even though this appears to
have nothing to do with the pmcd pmda as a dso problem I'm having.

On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 18:29 +1000, Max Matveev wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:44:48 +1000, Nathan Scott wrote:
> 
>  nscott> Yes, I changed the build to no create&use a shared library version
>  nscott> of libpcp_pmda.so anymore (except on Windows, where the dll is used)
> 
> This is going to make life difficult for those pmdas which are not
> built as part of the OSS pcp build or pmdas which are already in the
> field and which used libpcp_pmda.so and cannot/would not be rebuild
> for whatever reason.
> 
> Besides, what's wrong with having a shared library anyway? It saves
> the memory - only one copy of text is ever need to be loaded and
> allows for bug fixes which do not require rebuilds.
> 
> max
>