OpenJDK 7u and Fedora 17

[Henri Gomez]

> Yes, I'd suggest it is set on all GNU/Linux builds.  IcedTea sets it,
> so most GNU/Linux distro packages are going to be built with it set,
> as they use that, AFAIK.
>
> As I say, I'd go even further and have it as the default for OpenJDK.
> It's what I believe most developers would expect the behaviour to be.
> Having it linked statically makes sense for Oracle distributing a binary blob
> they want to work anywhere, but not for distro packages or something
> you've built yourself.  If there is a security issue with libstdc++,
> a static build means OpenJDK needs to be rebuilt as well.  If it's
> linked dynamically, it doesn't.

Good, I will update my OpenJDK build factory to set dynamic linking
for Linux right now.
Thanks Andrew