Timeline for Does the Linux version of Node.js come bundled with libv8?
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| Sep 10, 2016 at 18:14 | comment | added | Stephen Kitt | Indeed, the change happened with the packaging of version 4: "Build using embedded cares, embedded v8, because Node.js is using patched versions of them and no longer allow building with shared system libraries of those." | |
| Sep 10, 2016 at 18:10 | comment | added | Jez | Interesting... checking it now, they've removed that libv8 dependency in sid. It was only still there in jessie. | |
| Sep 10, 2016 at 17:16 | history | edited | Stephen Kitt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Node.js includes the V8 engine's source code.
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| Sep 10, 2016 at 16:50 | comment | added | Stephen Kitt | The packaged version of Node.js is statically linked against V8 too. In fact, Node.js includes the source code of the V8 engine, it isn't an external dependency (build or runtime). | |
| Sep 10, 2016 at 16:18 | comment | added | Jez | So the version of Node.js installed by the Debian repos isn't statically linked against libv8? | |
| Sep 10, 2016 at 16:18 | vote | accept | Jez | ||
| Sep 10, 2016 at 15:25 | history | answered | Stephen Kitt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |