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Date:      Tue, 25 Nov 2003 04:54:41 +0000 (GMT)
From:      "E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 40% slowdown with dynamic /bin/sh 
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.44.0311250449150.6304-100000@a.mx.ict1.everquick.net>
In-Reply-To: <20031125025621.453732A8FC@canning.wemm.org>

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PW> Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 18:56:21 -0800
PW> From: Peter Wemm

PW> We need nsswitch type functionality in /bin/sh.  To the
PW> people who want to make it static, lets see some static
PW> binary dlopen() support or a nsswitch proxy system.

I started a new thread inquiring about the challenges involved...
which received no responses.  I assume that not much has changed
since the mid- to late-90s list archives I found via Google...

What specific aspects of rtld are required to support NSS in
static binaries?  dlopen(), fixups, and dlsym()?


Eddy
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