>> Let me see if I can figure out where I read all this... Ah yes, here we
>> go:
>>
>> http://freegamedev.net/wiki/Portable_binaries
>>
>> Basically, it seems this stuff is pretty complicated. I suppose package
>> managers were invented for a reason, eh? Pity I can't use one to solve
>> my problem...
>
> Well, on the flip side, glibc is common to Linux systems, so it shouldn't
> be necessary to link to it.

Indeed. It seems you want to /not/ link anything that's ubiquitous to 
all Linux systems, and to only link unusual stuff that probably won't be 
there.

> But the simplest solution is to create a VM that has what the hosting
> provider has in it - same distro and everything - and use that as the
> development base for what you're working on.

Yep, that would be the simplest.

I mean, if I knew what distro they're using, what packages they've 
installed, and so forth...

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