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martijnvds • yesterday at 7:59 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Containers fix this.

As long as the container bundles the right libc, the program should work.


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the__alchemist • yesterday at 8:50 PM

I agree - the model I use for why containers (Docker etc) exist is to abstract over Linux ABI incompatibility. I don't think they're a great solution, as it complicates software distribution. I should be able to distribute an executable and have it just work.

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mrheosuper • today at 4:18 AM

Just like Python venv, The system is too broken that it's the only real practical fix