Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 11:23:28 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The shared /bin and /sbin bikeshed Message-ID: <20001109112328.T5112@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <200011091909.eA9J9wM10639@earth.backplane.com>; from dillon@earth.backplane.com on Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 11:09:58AM -0800 References: <200011091223.eA9CNQW26294@mobile.wemm.org> <200011091909.eA9J9wM10639@earth.backplane.com>
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* Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> [001109 11:11] wrote: > > I'd recommend against the linux /lib + /usr/lib model, it's a big > mess. I don't see much of a point in cutting the size of /bin and > /sbin down, they are already fairly small (3.8M and 10M) and it > isn't as though we need the disk space! The static nature of > /bin and /sbin have saved me more times then I can remember. I also > have unfond memories of blowing /lib up under linux and not being > able to do anything. root on a Linux box is unable to do squat when the machine is almost out of memory because he can't map in /lib/libc.so to run 'ps' or even another copy of bash. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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