bug#334: Packages using private copies of shared libraries

Seth David Schoen <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.bbc.bugs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Package: lnx-bbc

Some packages are using their own static copies of zlib and libpcap
(and maybe other libraries).  They should be using the shared
versions, if possible, to save disk space.  Ethernet sniffers seem to
be particularly bad about this.

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