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Date:	Wed, 09 Jun 1999 13:49:05 -0300
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Hello World and File size
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Reply-To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com

R124c4u2 wrote:

> I have no idea how to prune that list of DLLs that have never been used, will
> never be used, and shouldn't have been put there in the first place.

In Linux the package manager (dpkg, rpm, etc.) keeps track of the dynamic
libraries. You can know what programs need each library and the installer can
know if a library can be de-installed, or upgraded without affecting other
programs.
As you can see the fault is in M$ and not in the DLLs itself ;-)
One interesting thing in Windows is that some programs upgrades the kernel
(replacing some DLLs and VXDs) and you don't even know about it. So installing a
new program in your system can make it much more unstable because nobody knows
how the "upgrade" will affect other programs.

SET

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