The text discusses how dynamic linking can lead to unnecessary transitive re-linking, causing longer build times. The problem is exacerbated by how build systems handle transitive library dependencies. However, Red Hat's ABI introspection library libabigail offers a solution to eliminate unnecessary transitive re-linking for certain classes of source modifications. By analyzing the dependency graph and using content signatures to skip rebuilds when a dependency is regenerated with identical results, developers can avoid relinking libraries unnecessarily. The solution involves augmenting the build system to use libabigail's abidw tool to compute an ABI hash file that describes the library's Application Binary Interface (ABI). This allows the build system to recognize when the ABI has not changed and skip re-linking, resulting in faster incremental rebuilds and shorter edit-compile-test cycles. While there are some limitations and potential performance issues with this approach, it shows promise as a way to improve developer productivity and reduce build times.