On Di, 30 Sep 2008, Yue Wang wrote:

I dont know why Debian and Debian-like distributions have an old tradition to link tex-related program to dynamic library.

Ever heard about security related items? Do YOU want to wade through thousands of packages and check whether they use xpdf code, zlib code, or whatever, and fix in all of them a severe security bug? If not, then learn how big distributions have to work. That is life. I don't use the system lua because lua has been changed in luatex, same with xetex and libice (and I am surprised where you got the information that ubuntu did that, because ubuntu takes my packages from Debian, and I never did that). So thanks for the useless contribution. Best wishes Norbert ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Norbert Preining Vienna University of Technology Debian Developer Debian TeX Group gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LOCHRANZA (n.) The long unaccomplished wail in the middle of a Scottish folk song where the pipes nip around the corner for a couple of drinks. --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff