Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 09:53:40 +0000 (GMT) From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> To: dyson@iquest.net Cc: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Subject: Re: Unfortunate dynamic linking for everything Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0311190952110.2503@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <200311182353.hAINrxHo000780@dyson.jdyson.com> References: <200311182353.hAINrxHo000780@dyson.jdyson.com>
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On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 dyson@iquest.net wrote: > Garrett Wollman said: > > <<On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 18:07:32 -0500 (EST), dyson@iquest.net said: > > > > > If the object is to maximally 'share', > > > > The object, AIUI, is for ~username expansion to work in the shells > > when the user stored somewhere defined by an external NSS module. I > > don't believe that there is anything else in a (sane) shell that > > cares. > > > It is a fallacy that EVERYTHING (e.g. libc) needs to be dynamically > linked to support that feature. A single, self contained library > that might even be sparse WRT memory isn't going to hurt much. It's a fallacy that ANYTHING (except nscd/lookupd) needs to be dynamically linked to support that feature :-) -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287088 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 http://ioctl.org/jan/ User interface? I hardly know 'er!
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