Why is static linking supposed to REDUCE memory usage and binary size? Am I missing something really obvious? Eg, if five different binaries are statically linked against the same version of OpenSSL, won't it be in memory and on disk four times more than it would be on a dynamic system?
Many applications only use parts of libraries, then the linker can throw the unnecessary parts away.
How do I get it to do that?
$ cat test.c
#include
int main() { printf("Hello, World!\n"); }
$ gcc -o test1 test.c && ls -lgG test1
-rwxr-xr-x 1 6712 Sep 28 10:24 test1*
$ gcc -static -o test1 test.c && ls -lgG test1
-rwxr-xr-x 1 800904 Sep 28 10:24 test1*