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ls links too many dynamic libraries

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: 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?

[0001-build-update-gnulib-submodule-to-latest.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

[0002-ls-on-GNU-Linux-remove-dependency-on-libacl.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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