Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 22:20:36 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Mike Makonnen <mtm@identd.net> Cc: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Subject: Re: Making a dynamically-linked root Message-ID: <3EDD81A4.B6F83135@mindspring.com> References: <20030603113927.I71313@cvs.imp.ch> <16092.35144.948752.554975@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <20030603115432.EGLB13328.out002.verizon.net@kokeb.ambesa.net> <20030603122226.BGPM11703.pop018.verizon.net@kokeb.ambesa.net>
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Mike Makonnen wrote: > 2. What happens if I hose one of the libraries? I always love this one. The same thing that happens if you hose your shell, any of your kernel modules get corruptes, you hose your kernel, you hose any of the files that the boot loader looks in before actually loading the kernel, you hose init, or you hose mount, or any one of dozens of other files. It's not like linking shared gives you any kind of statistically significant increase in the number of single points of failure or the overall MTBF for the overall system. > I think Gordon has already answered them adequately: > > 1. If you don't want it, turn it off This is probably the most important statement anyone can make on the issue, IMO. -- Terry
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