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To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
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Subject: Re: BLOAT in minimal programs 
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 23:20:50 -0700
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>THIS IS NOT MINIMAL!
>I DID NOT WANT ALL THIS CRAP!
>why oh why did I get malloc?

   Because atexit() uses it to remember exit callouts (see crt0.c).

>vfprintf?
>__CurrentRuneLocale ?
>hell it doesn't even contain a STRING let alone a default nationality!

   I think this is all because malloc (or something in crt0.c) calls a stdio
funtion like printf either directly or indirectly via a perror() or equivilent.
Of course Runes comes in because of vfprintf, etc, etc.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project