Why does my static build require shared libraries?

Question

Why does my static build require shared libraries?

Every time I get these warnings from my linker ... (this is currently happening with openssh-5.2p1)

The warnings look something like this: "Using the" function "in statically linked applications requires, at runtime, the shared libraries from the glibc version used to ..."

When I google, I see only corrections, not reasons.

Thanks Chenz

Answer 1

It does not require shared libs per se, it just warns you that some things may not work properly if you link statically with glibc.

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